also will become child abuse and affect their children’s future. However, discipline also is a way to let their child tend to succeed while parents use it in a suitable way. Discipline leads to child abuse when it is too strict and applies corporal punishment to a child. Based on the report of Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department in 2012, child abuse increased to 43 cases around 17.8 percent between 2011 and 2012 (The Malaysia Insider, 2013). There are several types of child abuse such as
in order for them to learn right from wrong and acceptable from unacceptable. Of course, there are a lot of ways to discipline children. In our case, parents in the Philippines discipline and punish their children through the use of corporal or physical punishment in the following forms: spanking with hand, pinching, hitting with an object, twisting the child's ear, pulling the hair, or confinement in a sack. This has become a cultural norm of disciplining children in our country; a tradition that
Parents Use Physical Punishments? There have been many discussions about physical punishments of a parent to their child. According to Bonnie Rochman (2011), a total of 80% of parent use corporal punishments. This study shows that most parents feel that hitting a child for misbehaving is the only way that they learn from their mistakes. However, others feel that having to use this type of punishment to a child builds anger and depression. Physical punishment to a child can be put
go to school every day due to the bullying issues. There are three things that parents and schools could do to cut being bullied; keep an eye on your child’s social media networks, teach kids how to defense themselves, and bring back school corporal punishment. It’s important to keep an eye on your child’s social media networks because he/she might be a victim of cyber bullying. In this way, parents can make sure the safety and privacy of their children. Being capable to check on child’s activities
the victim of a torturous form of punishment like caning. In the article, “Rough Justice”, by Alejandro Reyes and in the editorial by The New York Times, “Time to Assert American Values”, Singapore resorts to physically punishing individuals who commit a crime. These two articles debate whether the punishment of caning against Michael Fay, a teenage boy, is justified or not. Many countries do not condone corporal punishment and rightfully so. Corporal punishment is not an appropriate form of justice
Smacking has been defined as “A strike to someone, typically with the palm of the hand as a punishment” (Oxford Dictionary 2013.p.88) to cause pain or discomfort for the purpose of correction or control. Smacking is a controversial issue that has been widely debated amongst many people. Is smacking children right or wrong? In 2012, according to a nationally representative survey “77 percent of men, and 65 percent of women 18 to 65 years old agreed that a child sometimes needs a “good hard spanking
separating it into three views, pro-corporal punishment, anti-corporal punishment, and conditional corporal punishment. Pro-corporal punishment accepts spanking. Anti- corporal punishment advocates that the act of hitting a child will only teach him that violence is acceptable allowing him or her to continue cycle on to another generation, and eventually causes physical or psychological harm towards the child. Conditional corporal punishment view notes the effects of spanking weather it is good or
Ashley Fritz Professor Yeary ENGL 101 10 October 2014 Is Spanking an Appropriate Punishment When most children would say a bad word, hit another person, talked back to or disobeyed their parents, they usually got punished. The types of punishments they would usually receive were a slap on the hand, a time out, soap in the mouth, or a spanking. Traditionally, it was okay to spank a child when they disobeyed to teach them a lesson or put soap in their mouth to make sure they would never say a bad
controversial form of punishment that parents everywhere are unsure about. Many parents try to stay away from corporal punishment or spanking their kids. They think that it is a form of abuse, so they go to other methods of punishment such as grounding them. This is a good form of punishment, but they are missing out on the better effects that spanking has on their kid. Although grounding the child can be an effective way of disciplining it. Spanking them will make a longer and greater effect if done correctly
The Detrimental Effect of Spanking Children Throughout history, there has been controversy about the proper upbringing of a child. It was most common for a parent to be stern and aggressive with their disciplinary techniques. Physical discipline was found in biblical references as well as in rituals of ancestors. In today’s society, some still believe in the old teachings as most profitable, while others find that verbal corrections and the restriction of privileges is enough to discipline a child