Physical Punishment Of Children Should Be Legal

Physical Punishment of Children Should be Legal Name Professor Date Introduction Physical punishment is the act of inflicting deliberate pain and discomfort to a child as a reaction to undesired behavior by the child. It was acceptable all over the world since it was considered as an appropriate means of producing behavioral obedience. Over 70% of Americans agreed in 2012 that sometimes it is required to discipline a child through spanking. Historically, it has been the right and duty of parents to physically punish misbehaving children as a way of teaching appropriate conduct. There are several countries and states which allows parents to punish their children physically. Physical punishment such as smacking enables the parents to efficiently control their children behaviors, instill good morals and stop annoying characters such as rudeness and disrespect. Physical punishment is a discipline method used to cause a child to experience some pain to correct his or her unacceptable behavior. A parent can apply the punishment by using objects like a cane, belt or maybe a shoe to hit the child. Other parents may also opt to talk to their child in case of misbehavior instead of physical punishment because they consider it corporal. This paper discusses the main reasons as to why the physical punishment of children needs to be considered legal. Impact on Determination The first argument is that it has a deterrent effect on the child. This is because when the child is physically punished, more so in front of his or her peers due to misbehavior did, he or she will never repeat it(Saunders & Goddard,2010).They become afraid of the punishment and thus very obedient and behaves right. This, therefore, creates a permanent lesson that a child learns. A second argument is that it is a contributing factor to the child’s success in future. Although it may cause a lot of harm from their parental hitting, they learn a lot of valuable lessons that benefit them in their adult lives (Potts & Mandleco, 2012). An example, are the modern parents who are using this method to discipline their children. This is because their parents applied it to them when they misbehaved and thus growing up very healthy and more productive to the society. They consider this a success, and that is why they can not hesitate when it comes to disciplining their children. The third argument for the support of physical discipline is that it brings a clear understanding of the child that he or she was wrong and needs to correct. There is this particular age of between two to six years were talking to this kind of child is like a waste of time. This is mainly because they will not understand that they have misbehaved thus they are highly endangered by the repetition of the misbehavior (Wright et al. 2014). Therefore physical punishment is the only language this kind of children can understand instantaneously. Since physical punishment has an instant result to the child, it is better to apply it instead of wasting time in the name of talking to the child to change. Lastly, physical punishment makes the child more responsible and determined. This is due to the pain that was experienced by the child because of the previous misbehavior. The child gets scared of the punish...