Saturday, October 4, 2014
Chapter 10 post 2
While reading chapter 10 I was struck reading about physical punishment, and what I found was children who are spanked or beaten tend to grow up to be bullies or express agressive behavior. Even though this does not happen to every kid that has experienced physical punishment, this happens to some kids in some cases. I never new that a lot of people use this tactic still today, because I have a strong background in babysitting and do not see many kids being hit, more in a time out type of manner. I also thought it was interesting how young kids are spanked, beaten and slapped more often than children over the age of six. This brought to my attention how this could not only affect a child's behavior but also lead to anxiety and other psychological problems. For example, I know a girl who's father thought that physical punishment was the way to get your child to obey the rules, and tended to do it a lot. Not to the point where I would consider this extreme child abuse, but something to effect the child. This has effected her into her adult life, since she was hurt so early in life she has bad flashbacks and reacts very defensive and afraid in situations and this was a cause of early physical punishment. I am just not a fan of physical punishment in general and hearing how this can lead to children being abusive adults scares me. It also scares me that kids younger than the age of six are being beaten and that is just upsetting. This just made me upset and really can't believe that some parents still use this way of punishment and think it works.
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This has been a debate that I've been hearing quite a bit lately with certain high profile people, including NFL player Adrian Peterson, being accused of abusing their children. The debate has turned into an abuse vs. spanking debate. I agree with you. I don't understand why a parent feels that hitting their child will create a better situation for anyone. Children are so young, small, and dependent upon the adults around them to take care of them, and some people, in my opinion, are taking advantage of them by physically punishing them. I don't think that there is ever a time when it is okay, because communication through speech is always available. The textbook information on children who were spanked or beaten are more likely to become bullies and more likely to deal with aggressive behavior gives us a viable argument for why we as a society have got to put an end to the abuse that is called "spanking" in this country. The fact that this kind of abuse can lead to children becoming abuse adults, however, seems to be the cycle that we're fighting against. Abused children become abused adults who justify the abuse of their children with the actions of their parents. Eventually, someone has got to look at the cycle and decide that they don't want to parent in a fashion similar to their parents.
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