Looking at the current disciplinary issues we encounter in our basic schools, should we revisit corporal punishment?
No, never. Corporal punishment should be expelled from our schools and homes forever.
Sorry Harry Barton Essel
I would like to differ with your proposal
there are many other ways and means available to take disciplinary issues
Corporal punishment or physical punishment is not appropriate solution
Children experiencing violence II: Prevalence and determinants of corporal punishment in schools
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Rai, a lot of methods have been explored in school in my community, however, all of these methods have failed woefully.
No, never. Corporal punishment should be expelled from our schools and homes forever.
Corporal punishment in this 21st century?No no,it can't work anymore. What was the result from it in the past time of use.....There are lots of better ways of working on children's psychic in this age...Thanks
Corporal punishment in this 21st century?No no,it can't work anymore. What was the result from it in the past time of use.....There are lots of better ways of working on children's psychic in this age...Thanks
Corporal punishment is seen by many as too harsh in our modern societies as a disciplinary strategy. However, great lessons on its dispensation and approach can be gleaned. For instance, any correctional and/or disciplinary approach adopted must be result-oriented and resilient enough like the corporal punishment. This would uproot, as it were, the bad behavior from enticing others.
I agree with you Dr Omotayo; it will be difficult for corporal punishment to survive in the 21st century. However, the older generation still believe that moral decadence is the results of the lack of corporal punishment.
That is a great contribution Bro. Dickson. Thank you for the education.
Nooooooooooo !!! Punishments for kids !!! That is ridiculous .
Teach them discipline and what to and how to value things ...Teach them young , may be 6 month +
Dickson Adom has made a wonderful point. We see it as a harsh punishment but it can definitely solve some of our indiscipline act of our kids
if we want to revisit corporal punishment, then we have to revisit the laws too because we have seen instances where some parents take legal action against teachers and school authorities for punishing their wards.
Dr Murthy, I empathize with your expression about corporal punishment. It is not something that should be encouraged.
I agree with you on that point David. Definitely, in our setting it can be used to check indiscipline behavior.
Griepink; are you referring to my experience or my age when I was in basic school.
Hello,
The adage " spare the rod, spoil the child" has become hackneyed and trite in almost all spheres of healthy education. Notably, the modern moral philosophy of education is averse to any form of disciplinary action used by teachers or school administrators in response to some type of student misbehavior. Generally speaking, corporal punishment is not a strange thing to many cultures, but this does not mean it is the most effective way of maintaining discipline in educational contexts. It is now proved that using physical punishment on a regular basis creates certain negative side effects. Disciplinary measures such as hitting, slapping and spanking may have detrimental consequences for the students including reducing brain matter, causing declines in intelligence scores and verbal abilities, increasing anxiety and aggression. It is not clear whether the application of such tactics can effectively stop abnormal behavior of particular students. According to Chekov, corporal punishment " coarsens and brutalizes not only the offenders but also those who execute the punishments and those who are present at it.” Therefore, as you have very rightly observed, the issue must be revisited since it does not agree with the essence of human dignity.
Best regards,
R. Biria
Moral decadence among basic school pupils is on the ascendancy and I wish corporal punishment would be visited to stem the tide.
I know one case in Russia, when parents did not do any corporal punishment to a child who ceased to study well at school. They just excommunicated the child from the computer, so that he stopped playing computer games and did his homework. However, this led to the tragedy - the child jumped out the window and crashed to death. There can be many such tragic events. Children in protest simply go to suicide. How to be? It seems to me that to teach children in a modern school is a great courage, art and science put together. That's why now disgruntled parents teach their children themselves, there is even a direction of "Home Education", which is successfully developed. In general, it seems to me that no one has the right to condemn parents who, out of great love for their children, sometimes punish them with their own methods, which in their opinion could improve the upbringing of their children. Just do not cross the red line.
No never ever!
A need is to create an atmosphere in the house and school which excludes the possibility of bringing in corporal punishment.
Punishment is a circle and the child stores in his memory this behavior and considers it a sinner against him, to reproduce it in later stages of the child where the child tries to be as a guide imitate everything.
Never. Pl don't think even in your dream.
Learn how to improve the attitude of toddlers.
It is necessary to read Child psychology I suppose.
I agree with Dear RG Colleagues Abiodun, Dickson, Aparna and Vibha
Discipline is a question of culture, education and authority, not strength and punishment.
Reza, thank you for giving us such a wonderful adage from the bible. Your explanation is well appreciated.
Thank you Nada; however, I would appreciate if you could tell us why it will not work.
We cannot develop backwards. let us look at other forms of disciplining and study them further
I think we should counsel our children at home and in school for them to understand the consequences of their behaviour than corporal punishment.
With the phrase "spare the rod" looking away from the literal meaning of rod,it could be said that the rod stands for all disciplinary and corrective measures that works effectively, so it's not strictly spankings which research has proved it has negative some effects, however in situations where the positive outweigh's the negatives in shaping behavior corporal punishment could apply moderately.
Gennady, that was a horrible episode. However, you have made an interesting point.
Corporal punishment (CP) doesn't give any solution in the prevailing time, rather it will worse the situation. Kids are ready to take extreme steps when they get corporal punishment. So in my view CP should not be in the school.
In African settings corporal punishment is not totally a bad idea. We grew up with it and it has become a way of life, even for younger generations. Most of those who turned out to be school dropouts and miscreants are mostly from single parent homes where discipline is lacking. It is not part of our culture not to discipline our children in Africa. However, corporal punishment should not be excessively engaged so as not to result in brutality and abuse.
Why offer just one alternative instead of exploring many other options such as family, teacher, curriculum, funding, etc. I know for a fact that in the USA, schools located in poor neighborhoods have more significant problems than those located in rich areas.
I personally enjoyed reading your contribution Akinyemi. Thank you
Corporal punishment is an old tradition where even parent also were remaining silent observer .For students their study ,understanding ,intelligence , have a relation with the mind & brain where there is the problem in their study the children should be rotate & also observed in a psychic behavior & with this guideline there is possibility that the student may observe improvement in their study .
With this it is also desirable that parents in their busy hrs also should pay their necessary attention for the improvement in their children .This is my personal opinion
Dear Harry Barton Essel , as to me NO.
First, everyone has a right to their own body, not just adults. If someone hit you on the bottom—or any part of your body—they could go to jail. The same should go for children. They have as much right to their body as you do.
Second, by what objective standard could it be determined that hitting the child is necessary or appropriate? None. There is no such standard. And not only relating to corporal punishment, but punishment in general. Who decides when punishment is warranted? One teacher might be perfectly fine with a certain behavior, while another might think it’s a punishment-worthy offense. It’s completely arbitrary.
Solution: don’t punish, corporally or otherwise. Do some research into the best ways to manage unruly kids. There’s a lot of science out there on the topic.
There must be no corporal punishment to the children in the school as well as at home. This is not acceptable at all!
I am against of the punishment. children come from different family, societal, cultural backgrounds which give birth to individual differences. Teachers should address it as differences but it should not be addressed as problem. Punishment will contribute into destructive approach of the students which kills the confidence, creativity, thinking and psychological development of the child.
I have always enjoyed reading your contributions Beemnet. Keep it up.
It may be a little late but something to consider is that for some individuals physical punishment can elicit sexual arousal. This being the case one might consider physical punishment potentially sexually abusive. Obviously this depends on the individual but the consequences of these confused messages could cause long term psychological issues outside the basic issues that come with physical pain being inflicted.
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