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Date Posted: 19:41:55 04/04/07 Wed
Author: Jeff Osborne
Subject: Re: Authoritative parenting
In reply to: April Dandridge 's message, "Authoritative parenting" on 16:58:41 04/04/07 Wed

I agree with April's take on physical punishment. I am amazed at the number of co-workers that believe Memphis City School is still struggling because they have removed physical punishment from the school system. I think the Blue Ribbon Initiative is wonderful. It truly places the responsibility on the parents, teachers, and administrators to be proactive in their approach to discipline in education. Now we can truly teach students that if they behave and work hard for their education all of these good things will happen in their life as opposed to the "if you don't work hard and receive your education and cut up in class you will get whipped." I think it is so much more effective for a child to behave and learn because they have realized the potential benefit as opposed to the consequences of not doing so.

>According to the textbook, researchers have found that
>African-American parents are more likely to use
>physical punishment. Apparently, I am the only
>exception to this fact. I do not use physical
>punishment towards my son. I think whipping is
>temporary and it is a quick fix for a problem. I
>communicate with him to solve problems. However, my
>entire family thinks that I am spoiling him because I
>am not whipping him. On the contrary, I think that I
>am being more of an authoritative parent by not
>whipping him. Authoritative parents encourage their
>children to work out their problems and not to choice
>violence.

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[> [> Re: Authoritative parenting -- Nick Getschman, 00:51:57 04/05/07 Thu

I thought Jeff's post about the Blue Ribbon Plan was interesting. I'm in total agreement with his assessment that the plan is moving our students in the right direction and making them invested in their behavior (not that I believe it's a magical cure, but behavior change can be a long-term adjustment and I think the plan has the right foundations). However, today in my department meeting the news that the Blue Ribbon Plan might be repealed brought out a very opposite and excited reaction. The conversation instantly shifted to the possibility that physical punishment would be brought back, and it was talked of as the cure-all for all our problems. According to the teachers, this wasn't just something that they wanted returned to the classroom, but the parents wanted it too and would be in full support of it.

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[> [> [> Re: Authoritative parenting -- Nick Pellegrin, 14:14:43 04/05/07 Thu

I just wanted to say that the attitude at Nick's school is the same at my school. Teachers and administration, in general, feel that corporal punishment was necessary. Especially, as some put it, with the students we are "dealing with." I, of course, disagree.

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