What are the Pros and Cons of Corporal

Punishment?
Corporal punishment is generally
used to try to punish someone for
doing something wrong and to deter
them from doing it again and has a
very long history to it. Some kind of
physical punishment will be
administered and could involve
smacking an individual around the
buttocks or across the legs or
anything else which results in pain.
Corporal punishment is sometimes
used in schools to rectify a naughty
childs behavior; sometimes parents
decide to use corporal punishment
to discipline their child; while there

are occasions when in a judicial

setting corporal punishment will be
used. Not everyone believes that
corporal punishment is appropriate,
though, and some think that it
actually causes more harm than
good.

S
ome studies have shown that
spanking your kid, 3 times a week

lowers their IQ and some report

have said spanking leads your child
to bad behavior. While
others,personal account, said a little
spanking, once a while, makes you
more successful latter in life .
Parents are in control
Corporal punishment is certainly a
very simple and effective method of
punishment. Any time a child
misbehaves, if his parent smacks
him on the bottom the child should
learn not to misbehave again.
Corporal punishment puts parents or
teachers in control, rather than
allowing the child to continue
misbehaving unchallenged. There is

no negotiation or hesitation and so

children can quickly identify that
when they act in a certain way,
there will be physical consequences
for their actions.
But are parents really in
control?
However, it could be argued that
parents and teachers are not really
in control if they need to use
physical violence to get their own
way.

H
aving discussions and talking to your
child could be the best solution.
However, it takes time and patience
and in the long run, solves the root
of the problem, which is educating
your child about the right and wrong
of their action.
It may not solve the problem
Besides, there is no guarantee that
using corporal punishment is going
to stop a child from misbehaving.

Instead of encouraging him to

behave, he may simply learn that it
is acceptable to use physical
violence in order to get what he
wants. Thus, his bad behavior could
actually escalate, so that corporal
punishment has very little impact on
him. Although the idea is that a child
should be punished when he has
been bad, there are instances
where it may not be clear whether
he has done wrong or not.
Sometimes, teachers and parents
are quick to punish a child without
first establishing the facts, so that
the wrong child is punished.
May affect a childs self-esteem

How can a child learn right from

wrong when even his parents and
teachers make mistakes? Corporal
punishment can become a form of
abuse, especially if certain teachers
have prejudices which make them
more inclined to punish some
children more than others. They can
hide behind the authority that being
a teacher gives them, even though
what they are doing is damaging to
the child. Being punished for doing
nothing wrong is bound to have a
negative impact on a childs selfesteem and leave him questioning
what he has done wrong.
Its against the law

There will always be individuals who

maintain that corporal punishment is
necessary for disciplining a child,
while there will also be those who
believe that corporal punishment is
completely unacceptable. In some
countries there are laws prohibiting
corporal punishment, but it
continues to be a contentious issue
in most places.