Corporal Punishment and Spanking Thesis Corporal punishment should

Corporal Punishment and Spanking

Thesis • Corporal punishment should be banned in all instances including spanking by parents, because this causes long lasting emotional and physical damage to children, it also perpetuates a pattern of behaviour that continues from one generation to the next period. Laws must be fully enacted to protect our children and entitle them to the same rights as citizens.

What is Corporal punishment and Spanking? • "Spanking" is defined as striking a child with an open hand on the buttocks or extremities in order to modify behavior with physical pain. "Corporal punishment, " on the other hand, has a bit broader of a definition. On top of traditional open-handed spanking, corporal punishment can include spanking with objects (like a hairbrush), as well as other aggressive behavior that falls short of actual abuse.

Why do Parents spank? what does spanking do to the parent? • Most parents feel angry when they spank. An angry person is determined to assert control in a situation, and doing something physical feels like it will bring some relief. So spanking a child may make a parent feel temporarily feel in control.

Effects of Spanking • Spanking destroys mental health • Spanking increases delinquency and criminal behavior. • Spanking makes it more likely the child will be physically abused.

Research • A new Canadian study reviewed two decades of research on spanking and found not only that ". . . no study has found physical punishment to have a long-term positive effect, and most studies have found negative effects. • Depression, aggression, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, drug and alcohol use, and d were among the problems seen in children who were spanked. As children who have been spanked become adults, they are more likely to become aggressive themselves since they have seen adults solving problems aggressively http: //www. theatlantic. com/health/archive/2012/02/the-long-term-effects-ofspanking/253425/

• For the child, it is an experience of being small and unable to control an overwhelming and unpredictable force. In this state, his mind can learn nothing. His prefrontal cortex, the center of reason and judgment, shuts down. Hence, a child’s behavior during and after a spanking is not thoughtful behavior. It’s reactive. Reactive to Spanking

Adrien Peterson A news item that made headlines about a well known professional football player , Adrien Petterson of the Minasoda Vikings who, as a form of discipline, beat his child with a stick so badly that it left welts and bruises on his four year old sons back and legs. The most distressing thing was that the football player saw nothing wrong with what he did because this was the way he was disciplined when he was a child.

Law in Canada? • 43 of the criminal code gives parents the right to spank their children which is a form of corporal punishment. The supreme court of Canada ruled in 2004 that reasonable limits must be attached to section 43 such as children must be between the ages of 2 and 12, children can be disciplined with an object and hits to the head would be un acceptable • The criminal code concerning corporal punishment section 43 in particular has been challenged several times by provincial high courts and finally in 2003 the highest court in the country (Supreme Court in Canada) heard the case. The judicial body reserved their judgement until 2004 when they ruled. Minor physical punishment was acceptable and did not infringe on the individual rights of the children providing it was beneficial for the child.

Discussion Questions? • Do you think Spanking should be illegal or legal for children? • Do you think that spanking does the child any good ? • In the last photo what percent were spanked as a child.

In conclusion • Getting rid of sections 43 of the criminal code is a step in the right direction, but it does very little to change attitudes fostered over many years considering corporal punishments is used as a method to control child behaviour. Many people in our society don’t realize the accumulative damage done to children do to this abuse. In conclusion if Canada does not change their rights then children will still have to deal with the trauma of the spanking and then they will become the spankers and the cycle will never stop.

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