Effects Of Hearing Punishment On Children - 1563 Words

What is the first thing that comes to mind when hearing punishment? How about discipline? For numerous children they recall the abuse they have suffered. Meanwhile, others, more fortunate, will possibly recall time-outs or having a toy taken away. According to the Child Maltreatment 2014 report, â€Å"For 2014, a nationally estimated 1,580 children died of abuse and neglect at a rate of 2.13 per 100,000 children in the national population† (Child Maltreatment 2014). This rate is deplorable. More importantly, there is no reason children should suffer neglect or abuse. Many parents, unfortunately, believe that spanking their children (â€Å"physical discipline†) is the right way to discipline their children. However, children should not experience†¦show more content†¦Especially since â€Å"physical discipline† is ineffective, there are laws against it, and there are safer ways to discipline children. Parents who rely solely on â€Å"physical disciplineà ¢â‚¬  think they are fixing the behavior of their children; however, they are only causing other complications. Eventually, children who are brutally abused show signs, the obvious ones being bruised, cuts, malnourishment, and/or fatal injuries. According to Health and Human Services, children who are abused tend to have speech problems and/ or lack supervision. Also, they are chronically dirty or unbathed, and/or behind in school (Warning Signs for Child Abuse or Neglect). These are only a few of the countless examples of the effect abuse can have on children, each proving that abusive discipline is ineffective in the sense of the child s wellbeing. In a personal interview, Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson was asked if abuse or â€Å"physical discipline† is effective, she stated, â€Å"the minute your hand becomes a fist or the minute you start leaving marks that’s where anything effective goes out the window. And the child is more than likely to have some sort of trauma or negative memory from that† (Dr. Anderson). Harming a child will not cause them to fix their behavior instead they will either continue to misbehave or they will stop, but only out of fear. Many would then argue that fear is an effective way to discipline children. This is a fallacy, according to the Center of Developing Children at Harvard