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    Spanking: Parents Must Decide

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    uncomfortable about disciplining their children”. Few parents in modern times do not trust this kind of act of physical punishment at home and they think that is detrimental for kids. Therefore, a good amount of parents are trying to make the government restrict the parents who spank from doing so. [2] By

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    Spanking a four-year old causing trouble leads to more trouble so why hit him, it only causes them to act up, but alternatives to spanking can be used upon a child to get them to behave. “The right of parents to physically discipline their children is ingrained in American culture and recognized in our laws” (Blum 921), but a toddler doesn’t need harsh physical discipline to learn the difference between right and wrong, it doesn’t need to be spanked because they are doing something they are not supposed

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    controversial word as well as topic. People typically hear the word ‘spanking’ and think that it means ‘beating’. Spanking and beating are completely different, but it also depends on each person’s definition. It also depends on the severity of the punishment. If a person had left visible marks on a child, then of course that would classify as abuse. If a person had given a light hit that left their child in shock, but

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    freelance writer and high school history teacher. His credentials as related to the topic of corporal punishment is that he is a parent to three children as well as a blogger. His stake in this issue is appropriately used corporal punishment is both effective and beneficial. Additionally, He discloses no noteable financial backing for his opinions. He aims this article at a universal/ friendly audience. His purpose is to persuade the audience to believe that corporal punishment, when used on toddlers

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    Parents today are in a time where there is more research about how to raise their child than ever before. There is a staggering amount of information throughout the library’s and internet that will point out the simple pros and cons of Corporal punishment. Many children psychologists state that violence will always produce violence, it will never reduce aggression. This is a generally accepted fact that has been proven and studied for decades. Will someone such as a child, not act out against an

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    Spanking is considered a form of corporal punishment, and depending on what one’s view, belief or stance on corporal punishment weighs heavily in determining their views and beliefs on how to discipline kids. Corporal punishment is the striking of a child with an open hand, typically on the buttocks with the sole intention of modifying behavior without causing physical injury. Spanking is used to modify misconduct and misbehavior, and generally is done by using hands. When either one is executed

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    Corporal Punishment Introduction On a student’s cell phone, a teacher is caught hitting students with a thick stick. He continually hits everywhere from the students’ hips to the head harshly without a hesitation. This video is opened to the public by a student in the class posting it on the Internet. According to the other students, they were punished because they skipped class when the school inspectors came. All the people who looked at it on the Internet were surprised to see this kind

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    not child abuse. Spanking is a Type of corporal punishment. Corporal Punishment is inflicting pain to a child whether its whipping, spanking, pinching, flicking, smacking, using iron swatches or iron cords., hair brushes , belts ,and how many times these things are applied (“Spare the Rod is Spanking”). Spanking is associated with poorer school performance and anti-social behavior. There are many alternative to hitting kids for punishments. Spanking children often leads to more

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    Is Corporal Punishment The Best Way? Have you ever been spanked as a kid and felt angry towards your parents? Did you feel they just hated you? Spanking is a form of corporal punishment which is a punishment intended to cause pain in many different ways. Corporal punishment started in slavery and led to schools and homes. Although many states have banned corporal punishment it is still allowed in 19 out of 50 states. Many adults will agree children just need a ‘good ol’e spanking’ and others will

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    criminal and lawful battery? The answer, some maintain, is that there is not one. Corporal punishment, in this regard, is the physical punishment of children in the school system, more commonly referred to as “spanking”. This debated subject divides the “United” States. Twenty-two states permit physical punishment in the education system, and the other twenty-eight prohibit it (These States). Corporal punishment in the schooling system ought not to be sanctioned, as it jeopardizes children’s psychological

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