Spanking Children Research Paper

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Spanking Children
Yelling in public, crying over the smallest things, throwing a tantrum every five minutes; all these things have the same solution, which is spanking. People think spanking is a way to raise their children. Spanking is used among parents to teach their children a lesson if they act in a way they are not suppose to act. Some parents use spanking as a way to discipline, a way to teach the child a lesson, or it can be a natural thing in their household. The method of spanking as child rearing has caused some controversy about whether spanking negatively influence a child’s future behaviors and actions. The practice of spanking can later reflect their violent behavior as they get older. Children can easily misunderstand the message …show more content…

Violent behavior and spanking have been shown to be in correlation in a study of Tulane University in which they found that spanking children at the age 3 increases the chance they will behave aggressively once they reach kindergarten (Study:Spanking Kids Leads to More Aggressive Behavior #1). Spanking children does not discipline children nor does it not turn out the way the parent wants it to have on children. Instead, hitting children creates an aggressive person who will carry their violent punishment along with them to school or anywhere. There have been other studies that shows the relation of child’s behavior and spanking: Gunnoe and Mariner analyzed data of American children, the National Survey of Families and Households. They studied 1,112 children in two age groups: 4-7 and 8-11. They examined the effect of physical punishment on two aspects of child’s behavior: fighting at school and antisocial behavior. This illustrate another principle: that the psychological harmful effects of physical punishment are parallel to the harmful effects of physical abuse, expect that the magnitude of the effect is less (Straus #3). Evident in the study by Gunnoe and Mariner, there is a correspondence of physical abuse, like spanking, and a child’s behavior. Children shows both violent behavior and antisocial behavior. Similar to the study by …show more content…

Someone might say that spanking children earlier in their years does not affect them because they will eventually forget it. However, it is important to realize that the beginning years are crucially important to one’s life when Sigmund Freud would say that the lessons a child has learned in the first few years will set the pattern for the rest of the child’s life (Slife #93). Another might say that the child will understand right from wrong through spanking. On the contrary, spanking leaves somewhat of a scar on the child when Oprah Winfrey said that spanking children reeled off something to the effect that spanking leaves a violent bent into the psyches of children and it gives a mixed message to the children (Slife#96). Another person might also say that spanking children is a natural way of discipline. Moreover, such punishment should not be the first resort when physical punishment makes more sense if the parent tries other methods of discipline first, and when spanking or slapping seems necessary, explain the reasons for it (“The Spanking Debate” #1). Spanking should not be permitted for the well-being of children. The children should be raised well and become the best version of

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