Our view on corporal punishment: to spank or not to spank

In the article ”Our view on corporal punishment: To spank or not to spank,” they talk about corporal punishment over the years, and the danger of some corporal punishment. Also, they give the best ways to punish your children without spanking them. In California sally Lieber said that they should punish the parents who use bad punishment on their children who are three years old or under, by up to a year on the jail and $ 1,000 or by requiring attending parenting classes. And the opponents said that the body punishment is violence that causes harm.

The corporal punishment for children has become from the biggest cases in the U.S. In the old days in the U.S. punishment by spanking children was very common. But it wasn't harmful. I think there are many ways to punish the children to make them change their behavior without body punishment. First, you can punish your children by not letting them watch television or do the things they like; second, by making them do a lot of housework. Third, it's a good idea to compensate your children for doing good things.

I think that punishing your children by not letting them do or have the things they like is a very good way to change your children's behavior. When you do it seriously the children like a lot of stuff and when you say no for something he will feel bad, and try to not do it again. For example, when I was seven years old my mother punished me; if I did something wrong she wouldn't let me watch the television. And I felt very bad at that time, then I started to change my behavior so she didn't punish me and I could watch the television; it is really worked with me.

Another good way for punishment is by making them do a lot of housework. The children hate it when they know that the have to do some housework, such as cleaning up the living room or doing some writing housework if they do something wrong. I remember my uncle was punishing his kids by making them write five papers from their textbook every time they did something wrong, and they hated it; they didn't want to write this mach writing. So they did what ever he wanted and they tried hard to not do anything bad; it really worked; they are very polite and good boys.

Third, there is another way that can work like magic for some children. And the way is to compensate your children. And how it works is to give your children a present or carrot if he does something good or if he didn't do something you don't like him to do. For example, you can make a chart with the day for every week, then you make circle for every day, then if your child does something wrong you put in this circle F (fails) and let him see it, then when he does something good you give him a G (good); then at the end of the week if he has more than 4 Fs, you don't give him anything but if he has G all week, or less than 2 Fs, you let him choose a present. And believe me; this will work very well with some of the children.

In conclusion, corporal punishment for children is very popular in the U.S. There are ways to punish your children without corporal punishment. First, you can punish your children by not letting him have the things he likes; second, by letting them do a lot of housework. Third, it's a good idea to give a carrot to your children when they do good things.

Reference

Our view on corporal punishment: to spank or not to spank. (2007, January 25). USA Today. Retrieved February 28, 2008, from http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/01/post_35.html