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How do kids deal with being hit?
Frame your rules in a positive manner whenever possible. Instead of saying, “Don’t hit,” say, “Use respectful touches.” Talk to your child about the rules to ensure they understand the consequences of breaking the rules. When your child hits you, firmly say, “No hitting.
How do you administer corporal punishment?
Corporal punishment will be administered by spanking the buttocks, no more than three (3) times, of a student with a flat-surfaced paddle that will cause no more than temporary pain and not inflict permanent damage to the body. No other form of corporal punishment is authorized.
Is corporal punishment a good way to discipline children?
The incidence of spanking was found across all socio-economic and educational levels (Glenn). Despite a great deal of research indicating that hitting children is harmful to the child’s development and to the parent/child relationship, so many parents in our culture continue to use corporal punishment as a discipline tool.
How does corporal punishment lead to domestic violence?
Children whose parents use corporal punishment are more likely to engage in future domestic violence and to perpetuate the cycle in their families by hitting their own children because that was what was taught to them. Once again, violence begets violence (Marshall 38, 39).
Do parents who approve of physical punishment abuse their children more?
The child abuse rate of parents who approve of physical punishment is four times higher than that of parents who do not approve of physical punishment. “The National Family Violence Surveys show that parents severely assault at least 1.7 million children each year.
Are parents programmed to punish their children?
Punishment sets the stage for child abuse. Parents who are programmed to punish set themselves up for punishing harder, mainly because they have not learned alternatives and click immediately into the punishment mode when their child misbehaves. 5. HITTING DOES NOT IMPROVE BEHAVIOR