Spanking, hitting, whooping. Many words but same meaning. Physically punishing a child. This has caused lots of uproar while trying to see if the world actually believes that it is okay to use a physical punishment. Many worry it may be more damaging than positive. What I have come to realizes that many parents or adult figures go off of society or what they have seen with their personal experience when deciding how to physically punish their child. Spanking your child can effect them in different ways however, with different point of views people may not have the same opinion. I always believed that people conducted their family in certain way because of the background they were personally exposed too. By living in America, naturally we are …show more content…
Susie did not prefer to share their age. When asked about childhood, such as did she grow up with both parents and how did they punish her and her sisters and brothers. She said, she grew up with both parents, her mom became a widow when Susie was 19 years old. Susie was raised in a household with 6 siblings so, her parents needed to keep them in line. As a child she can’t remember a time where she was really spanked. Her parents usually tried time out until they realized they were too old. Susie does not have any kids of her own however she has a social work degree and has always worked with kids. After college, she worked at a daycare for a couple years then choose go to any other career however not leaving children behind because she decided to do Sunday school for 4-6 years old. She feels like, it may work for some parents and although she does not judge a parent she feels like children learn better when explained and positively reinforcing. She worries that kids who receive spankings may feel like they will see it as the only way people learn is if they get physically hurt. What if they carry that in a relationship or future parenthood. I gave Suzie a scenarios of a stereotypical “out of control” child. I asked her how she handle situation. She said, spanking would be the last method. She said, she would first try sending them to their room just to sit and calm down. After time has passed she would then explain to her child what happen …show more content…
Her husband and Zlya had 3 sons and 1 daughter. They chose to spank their kids and they think it worked for them. There’s no resentment towards them from their kids now that they are grown. I proceeded to ask why. Zlya said, where she is from that’s the only way they know. No parents she knows of grounded their kids or sent them to their room. It was always physical. Some took it over board which she did not agree with. I asked what is overboard, how can it be measure? Zlya believes that depending on who is punishing the child and the intention behind it can emotional hurt the child in the long run. She said, that she sees no wrong in a little spank but with limits. I thought it was interesting that Zlya mentioned that the longer she lived in America and the more exposed she became to other parenting ways. She made it clear that it did change her point of view. She admits that with her two oldest sons, her husband did use the spanking method as a form of punishment more than now on their youngest son. She does believe it is because they left their natural environment and learned different ways to handle kid’s acting out. Both of these women share many common traits, but different point of views. They both have worked with other kids and have enjoy actually watching children mentally develop. They both can agree that to a certain extent it can lead to damage. The main difference between these women is the culture behind