Dalton King
English 11
JBJ
7 May 2018
Spank ‘em To be successful you must be disciplined. When you take a deep look in to a successful person you can find that they are respectful towards others, think their actions through, and know their limitations. A person begins to develop and learn these aspects as a young child. When a child tests their restrictions and is not strongly disciplined for their wrongdoings they will learn that they are acceptable. Parents spank their children because it is in the child’s best interest to learn from their misdeeds. Without strict discipline children would act out and set themselves up for failure later in life. Parents should spank their children because it teaches discipline, establishes respect, and
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When a child is spanked for knowingly doing something wrong, they learn that it should not be done again. Children learn cause and effect at a very young age. So when they are disciplined for doing the wrong thing they, will remember that and know the outcome of their actions. A spanking after knowingly doing something wrong will keep them in place and prevent future outbursts of misbehavior. Some parents believe that explaining is far better than spanking. This can work in some cases but not all. According to Dr. Deborah MacNamara, humans have a “counterwill” that makes them want to oppose the feeling of being controlled; this is especially so in children as “immaturity makes a child more prone to expressions of resistance”. Some people believe that spanking is harmful to a child. These people think that spanking a child will scar them for life and instead of teaching them what was wrong it will teach them to fear their parents. Along with the fear, these people think that spanking undermines the trust between a parent and child. When the child distrusts the parent, they may develop trust issues and begin to build walls around themselves. Despite there being not much factual evidence, a small number of people believe …show more content…
One way would be by letting their children learn the hard way or sending them to time out or their room to think about what they have done. The parents let the child make the decision to break the rule and then suffer the consequences of their actions, whatever it may have been. One very common way parents use consequences is by grounding the child in some form after it has done something wrong.
Many people think that spanking and consequences should be mixed as a punishment. Some things are not as severe for a spanking and some are in need of more than just a spanking like a grounding-spanking mix for a child who repeatedly hits a younger sibling.
With all this evidence, it is clear that spanking lets the child know their limits, develops respect for their parent, and teaches self discipline. You can see the positive effect of spanking on almost all children who are spanked. You can also see the negatives of the lack of spanking as those children are less behaved. In the grand scheme of things, if you want your child to grow up to be a success, then don’t be afraid to spank them as a