Assignment #2 -- EDPR 2111 Sec 201 1050-1230 M-F

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Date Posted: 13:51:35 07/30/07 Mon
Author: Hugh Manus (Sorry for submitting assignments out of turn!)
Subject: Assignment #2

The website that I looked at was entitled �Focus on Your Child.� It can be found at www.focusonyourchild.com/hottopics/a0001043.cfm.

My opinion of corporal punishment is that it is a necessary evil. I have used corporal punishment with my children in the past and will use corporal punishment with my grandchildren in the future. I think that corporal punishment is justifiable in cases where the child seems determined not to listen. I think that all parents want to protect their children from danger. Suppose your child continued to disobey your requests and efforts to keep him from playing in the street. After you have told little Johnny numerous times not to go in the street he decides he�s going to go into the street anyway. I think this is such a situation that calls for spanking. I want to show Johnny that his behavior has consequences and will not be tolerated. Mostly I want him to know that I care about him getting hurt and that I�d rather inflict a moment or two of pain on his butt as opposed to seeing him in a possible lifetime of pain or worse.

I definitely believe there to be a difference between parents spanking their children and a teacher spanking child. I believe that a spanking it should be administered by the parent or guardian and only as an extreme method of deterring negative behaviors. There are other ways for non-parental figures to reprimand or chastise a child. I think that it should be up to the parent to decide if the child is spanked or not. Sometimes, parenting styles and rationales for spanking differ. Meaning, that what you may spank your child for I may not agree with, and vice versa.

I also feel that there is a difference between teachers and nurses in regard to corporal punishment. If I had to, I could see giving a teacher permission to spank or paddle my child, for he or she would have cause to interact with my child more so than a nurse would. Why would a nurse need to spank my child? Call me, I�ll take care of the discipline; you take care of the tummy aches and scraped knees while he�s in school.

Should there be a difference between a teacher spanking a child and a nurse spanking a child. Yes, there should. Teachers spend more time with and interact with children more than nurses do (for the most part). Once again I resort to saying that if there is a problem they should contact the parent or guardian. Teachers and nurses should not have to discipline other people�s children.

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