Spare The Rod Spoil The Parenting By Leonard Pitt Analysis

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Have you ever been spanked when growing up? Most of us have been some worse than others but most of us were. Now a day, parents have resorted to more talking and less spanking because it was believed that spanking lead to scarring in children’s memory. Leonard Pitts counters this argument in his column.
In the column “Spare the Rod, Spoil the Parenting”, Leonard Pitts Jr. asserts that most of kids are spoiled. Pitts restates in his column that some form of corporal punishment, such as open-handed swats on the backside, arm or legs, does not leave a child scarred for life. This was found in a study done by Dr. Diana Baumrind, a psychologist from he university of California. Pitts finds it offensive when a child that has been spanked is compared with a child that has been scalded or punched. Arguing with a five year old does wonders for the self-esteem of the child but it kills the self-esteem of the adult and could cause insanity, declares Pitts. Children now a day have too much sense of entitlement and keeps one wondering w...

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