Corporal Punishment

I wrote this for on of my classes and would like to know others view on the issue. I’m very curious so please respond!

I agree with one of the gentleman who spoke up in class, and his opinion was the parent should have the same hand motion to the same area of the body when they spank the child. So, I guess I am for it to an extent, but like was said in class if you see a mother or father in public blatantly hitting there kid then something has to be done because that is unacceptable.

Obviously, not every child get hit in public, but instead in the privacy of there own home which still does not make it right if it’s done maliciously. If you know of a family who is abusive to there child at home then it’s your responsibility to report it to authorities because there is a very slim chance the child is going to do anything about it depending on the age of the child.

Regarding school, I am not comfortable with allowing another person to touch my child in any shape or form! So I am strongly against schools allowing teachers to spank children without the parents consent. I know I would not allow it done to my child.

All in all, I believe punishing and spanking a child(in the right context) is a positive way of punishing a little child to know they did wrong. The contact should always be in the same area, and parents should always tell there child why they are being spanked so they will know what they have done wrong. I think a good idea would be to have a parent behavioral center/class where they can learn better ways to discipline there kids. Maybe, have a child psychologist speaker explain how different attitudes respond differently to different kinds of punishment, because spanking does not work for every child. I think a group like this would be quite beneficial.