Corporal Punishment -- EDPR 2111 Sec 007 TR 0940-1105

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Date Posted: 13:42:00 01/30/07 Tue
Author: Jennifer Barclay
Subject: Corporal Punishment

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My opinion on corporal punishment is an open-minded one. Yes, I will use corporal punishment. It was used on me and I turned out just fine. What I think many people do is interchange �corporal punishment� with �abuse�. A firm spanking can be administered without pain, letting the child know that you mean business without hurting them. For example, when I was a child, I wasn�t spanked often, but when I was I remember that it didn�t hurt and most of the time I cried just because I wasn�t getting what I wanted and I understood that the spanking was a finality to it.
But saying that I am in favor of spanking a child who misbehaves does not mean that I will use it all the time. I believe that spanking should be used as a last resort in a case where other things are not working. Spanking should never be a first attempt at correcting an issue.
I do believe that there is a difference in a parent spanking a child and a teacher spanking a child. At home, parents administer the discipline in certain ways, whatever that may be. In a school setting, a teacher is there to teach and to administer order. If things get out of hand and an unruly student wants to hit and throw stuff, then it�s the teacher�s responsibility to administer punishment (time-out, taking away recess). If that sort of punishment doesn�t work than she has a responsibility to report the child to the principal or contact the parents. In that case, I believe that it is the parent�s responsibility to administer the type of punishment that they know works for their child so that they will learn to behave and understand that just because they are in a different place does not mean that they can get away with things that they can�t get away with at home.
I don�t believe that either should administer corporal punishment to a child that is not their own. Only in extreme circumstances do I believe that a child should be spanked by someone other than their parents and if that case does arise then there should be something stated or signed by the parents allowing the use of spanking as a punishment.

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