Spanking Should Have Negative Effects On Children

Everyone has their own unique parenting style when raising children. Some parents believe in tough love while others coddle their children through to the early twenties. Whatever it may be, every parent deserves to raise their child without the input of a society where twenty-six percent of people do not even have children. They should be able to decide how to punish their children, what they want their children to learn in terms of sexual education, and how they want to overall bring up their children. The first and most obvious argument against this would be the abuse factor. If family was a private institution, the government would have no legal right to remove children from truly dangerous households. However, there are many instances

Many people believe that physical punishment of a child is not right and in a public institution, they have a right to get involved and try to stop what they see as violence against children. In fact, one Texas judge sentenced a mother to five years of probation after spanking her child, even though there is no law that strictly prohibits spanking. Despite the increasing mindset that spanking is abuse, sometimes a handprint on the backside is more effective than a firm warning. In a study done by the Pediatrics, it was found that a small two percent of children observed showed any negative effects from spanking and even that could have been the result of something else. So if spanking does not really harm a child mentally, then there is nothing to worry about. Others should stay out of the relationship between a parent and their

In Washington State, a thirteen-year-old boy complained to a school counselor that his parents made him go to church too often. In response, the boy was put into foster care until the parents agreed that the boy only had to go once a week. Another case was that of Sheila Sumey, who at thirteen was grounded when her parents found out she smoked marijuana. When she complained to a counselor, they informed her that because of “child-parent” conflict, she could become liberated from her parents. Child Protective services agreed with her and removed her from her family. Yet another instance was when a West Virginia circuit court gave full custody of a woman’s three year old to two babysitters when the woman planned to move to Texas. The court claimed that the sitters were “psychological co-parents”. Eventually, they gave the mother primary but joint custody with the sitters, until the Supreme Court heard the case. They immediately ruled that the mother, who was never deemed unfit, should not have to give up parental rights to her daughter. However, a court in West Virginia still deemed this decision completely acceptable; to say that someone who forges a “special bond” with a three year old should even get partial custody of the child is absurd. The other two cases are also examples of how the government unjustly deems parents incapable of raising a child. Simply because a