Corporal punishment is a discipline method in which a supervising adult deliberately inflicts pain upon a child in response to a child’s unacceptable behavior and/or inappropriate language. The immediate aims of such punishment are usually to halt the offense, prevent its recurrence and set an example for others. The purported long-term goal is to change the child’s behavior and to make it more consistent with the adult’s expectations. In corporal punishment, the adult usually hits various parts of the child’s body with a hand, or with canes, paddles, yardsticks, belts, or other objects expected to cause pain and fear. Corporal punishment signals to the child that a way to settle interpersonal conflicts is to use physical force and inflict pain.
Such children may in turn resort to such behavior themselves. They may also fail to develop trusting, secure relationships with adults and fail to evolve the necessary skills to settle disputes or wield authority in less violent ways. Corporal punishment includes any action that produces discomfort, such as Spanking, hitting, slapping, pinching, ear pulling, jabbing, shoving, or choking. In 1970, only three countries Italy, Japan and Mauritius banned corporal punishment in schools. Nothing more than a bare hand may be used to physically discipline a child. Objects, such as belts or rulers, must never be used on a child. A child must never be hit or slapped on the face or head. The force used must be minor no matter what the child did.
List of the Cons of Corporal Punishment
1. Corporal punishment inflicts long-term harm both physically and mentally on children.
2. Corporal punishment creates unsafe environments.
3. Corporal punishment harms the educational process for children.
4. It is a practice which is banned by a majority of the developed world.
5. There is the potential that someone could administer it incorrectly.
6. It creates an environment of fear for the child.
7. There is a fine line between discipline and abuse with corporal punishment.
8. It communicates a set of values that one may not want their children to have.
9. It has the same failure rate as other forms of discipline.
10. It creates a risk of injury to the child.
Opponents, including a number of medical and psychological societies, along with human-rights groups, argue that physical punishment is ineffective in the long term, interferes with learning, leads to antisocial behavior as well as causing low self-esteem and other forms of mental distress, and is a form of violence that breaches the rights of children.
What’s more, these parents do not intend to harm their children when using corporal punishment; but instead, believe it is an effective discipline strategy. The issue is that corporal punishment is generally more harmful than it is helpful.
Corporal punishment models aggressive behavior, which teaches children to solve problems with violence. It also can lead to bullying, dating violence, and other problem behaviors that rely on having power over someone else. Trust, stability, safety, and security are the keys to helping children develop the skills they need to manage their behavior. Corporal punishment erodes that relationship and makes behavior management more difficult.
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