One area of parenting that, as my daughter has aged, has become more vital is the area of discipline. Some people shudder at the word, others openly receive it in their roles as parents. As a child, I do not remember receiving spankings often, (spanking is not the only form of discipline there is, but the most widely used f

There are so many debates over this very topic. You see parenting seminars and psychologists all the time talking about the issue of discipline. One article I found titled ¡§Effects of Parental Discipline on Children,¡¨ digs into the effects of discipline on children. It is stated in the article that, ¡§Spanking negatively effects children in many ways. ¡¥Physical punishment trains children to deal with conflicts with physical violence¡¦ (Larzelere, 1986, p.28).¡¨ In addition, it states, ¡§Children who were spanked by mothers, compared to those who did not receive physical punishment, displayed higher rates of angry reactive aggressive behavior.¡¨ It goes on to talk about the psychological effects even deeper, all things I have heard repeatedly. They say instead of dealing with each situation that arises individually with consistent discipline, that it is better to ¡§distract the child with something else to do.¡¨ What does that teach?

orm.) I can only remember one time off the top of my head, where a spanking was the administered punishment for disobedience on my part. As I grew older and reached my teenage years, the age of rebellionƒº, I felt as if I ¡§grew out¡¨ of spankings. However, the rebellious attitude I attained as a teenager, initiated many physical altercations between my mom and I. I always told her I couldn¡¦t believe she would lay her hands on her own child, and how horrible of a mother she was for doing so. Not realizing at the time, what a position I put her in with the things I said and did. I had the opinion

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