Spank Your Child; It's Okay

Spanking Your Child is Okay

Composition III

Instructor Mark Crilly

5 August 2012

Depending on your background and where you are from, some people believe in corporal punishment or “spanking”. Corporal punishment or spanking has its place in schools, homes, and anywhere the parents feel because everyone should do it. One of the things that some parents forget is that the children do have rights as well when it comes to corporal punishment. There have been numerous studies completed by professionals that show corporal punishment can cause negative outcomes for the child. There have also been studies showing that corporal punishment has a positive effect on children. Ultimately, I feel that it is solely up to the parent of whether or not he or she decides to enforce corporal punishment and people will just have to deal with the fact.

One of the main things that parents seem to forget is that children have rights just the same as anyone else in America. Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child requires states to take "all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child. (Committee, 2012). This is law is to ensure that all children are not receiving any form of abuse. The rights of children are slowly forgotten by a lot of parents because it was the way he or she was raised by his or her parents. Although this may have been acceptable in their household at the time, it is currently against the law if anyone is found guilty of violating these child laws. All children have rights and ignorance or negligence does not mean parents should not be held accountable for their actions.

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