Physical Punishment

Children in my opinion should be punished with physical punishment because children of today are as stubborn as ever. They simply do not adhere to rules and conform to obedience. I have discovered from personal experience that it is when a child knows that they will be physically punished that they try to be on their best behavior. Even children know when to succumb or submit to their parents when there’s a consequence they must face following their action. Children can be told several times not to do something and will still do it, so far as there’s no physical punishment.

Other forms of punishment such as taking away something of great importance from children may also be effective, but not quite like physical punishment. When a child is beaten for doing something that is unacceptable or inappropriate in the eyes of the parent or adult, it sticks with the child and more importantly it instills fear in them. It is most effective when children are afraid to do what an adult or their parents have prohibited them to do. If fear is not instilled in them by physical punishment, they would not be reluctant to do what they were told not to do. Children of today are so stubborn that they will do what you have told them not to do, or misbehave time and time again until a certain kind of action is taken by the parent or adult.

The personal experience that I have had is from my niece and daughter. What I have discovered with them is that they are very stubborn and don’t adhere to rules. They do not stop indefinitely what I have told them several times what not to do until I physically punish them. When I physically punish them, they are afraid to repeat whatever it is that they did. For example, I normally make my niece squat when she misbehaves or does something wrong. I have her go against the wall and squat. I have found this to be very effective in terms of punishment. This is normally done after several warnings I have given her that she will fail to adhere to. The pain that she feels when she’s squatting makes her regretful for what she has done. It then makes it rather difficult for her to do what she was forbidden to do again.

When it comes to my daughter, my wife and I normally make her put her palm out when she has failed to obey us after countless verbal warnings, and use a cane to flog the palm of her hand. Our daughter is very stubborn and most often will not listen to what we tell her. So the use of the cane is applied when verbal communication and warnings don’t work. It has proven to be far more effective. So now both my niece and daughter adhere to rules, but every now and then the physical punishment must be applied.

In the United States, physical punishment is not applied in schools. So the kids here are out of control, disrespectful and disobedient. But in other parts of the world, physical punishment is applied in schools. So many will find that those children are far more disciplined, attentive, to the teachers, ever ready to learn, conform to obedience and listen. In fact, such children in foreign countries are raised to respect their elders, parents and teachers in school. However in this day and age, even foreign countries are following in America’s footsteps and are ceasing to beat their kids in school. But physical punishment remains an effective mechanism for disciplinary action.