Is Corporal Punishment Okay?

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Corporal punishment is the purposeful infliction of pain as punishment for wrongdoing. The term often refers to hitting the person receiving punishment repeatedly with an instrument, such as a cane or a ruler, though it also applies more generally to any kind of pain infliction as a punishment. It is sometimes used by parents against their children, by teachers and school administrators against students who misbehave, and in many parts of the world, by the judicial system as an additional deterrent to criminals. Despite the frequency with which this method of punishment is used, it remains a controversial topic, with detractors claiming that causing pain is not an effective way to rehabilitate wrongdoers. It is my belief that parental decision to use corporal punishment on a child is one that cannot be established through research and analytical assumptions.
“In the early 19th century in textile mills children who were lazy and were hit with leather straps. Furthermore lazy children sometimes had their heads ducked in a container of water. However, in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, the cane was phased out in most primary schools. In England in 1987 the cane was banned in state-funded secondary schools. It was banned in private schools in 1999. Throughout history until recently most parents hit their children. However in the late 20th century and early 21st century public opinion turned against corporal punishment and in several countries it has been banned” (Pratt & Greydanus, 2003, p. 977).
I am a supporter of Corporal Punishment. I believe that corporal punishment, when used lovingly and properly, is beneficial to a child because it is in harmony with nature itself. Consider the purpose of minor pain in a child's life and ho...

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...ldren are belligerent and need that pat on the behind every now and then to put them on the right path. As a Christian who is currently raising my children on Christian principles, I believe in the verse that states “to spare the rod is to spoil the child.” I am the disciplinarian in my home. The mother of my children rarely disagrees with me when it comes to me spanking our children, but she does have stipulations on where I spank them. She does not allow me to spank our children with my hands, but rather a belt on their bottom. Though I am at an age where spanking me is totally inappropriate, I survived the spanking of my early years and I believe I am a better adult because of it. I turned out to be a law-abiding citizen, who, as insignificant as it might be, has never seen the inside of a police car, let alone a police station and neither has any of my siblings.

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