Essay on corporal punishment

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Corporal punishment is an effective way to instill disciple and adjust bad behavior. It helps learners to differentiate right from wrong. Furthermore, it does not cost the school anything unlike weekend detentions and after-school activities that require supervision (Procon, n. p). However, corporal punishment is not applicable to all learners. Supreme Court decision in Ingraham v. Wright legalized corporal punishment, giving States the power to allow or disallow it. As a result of 19 States in the U. S. currently, allow the barbaric use of corporal punishment by public school administrators to instill discipline. In fact, a recent study found out that schools were corporal punishment is tolerated performed poorly academically compared to schools that have banned the use of corporal punishment.

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Use of physical force as for form discipline psychologically lowers child esteem and tortures the child emotionally, therefore, ends up affect various aspects of the child’s wellbeing more significantly their academic life (Ferguson, 196-206). Just like there is no need to understand violence to end it, there is no need for research on the negative effects of corporal punishment to understand that it should be illegalized in the eyes of the law and abandoned in its practice in entirety. Research, however, is an important advocacy tool, and as such it has been observed that corporal punishment carries numerous risks and no significant benefits in the long run. The more consistent body of evidence point to the abandonment of the practice and employment of new techniques to build discipline in children and more so school going children (Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, n.

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The argument propended is that if they did not suffer any negative effects, then children under their care would equally be okay in the end. Advocates of corporal punishment argue that historically in the United States, corporal punishment has always been an accepted method of disciplining children. Proponents of the practice argue that if properly administered it can be an efficient technique for instilling discipline’ (Greydanus et al, 385-389). According to the argument, children learn an appreciation for authority, are better controlled, develop better social skills and improve their moral characters. Counter-Argument Greydanus et al. has not ratified yet. Advocacy for nonviolent methods of discipline training should be intensified across the U. S. and ensure that all states that are yet to ban the practice are pressured accept the new realities when it comes to children safety and welfare development.

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