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    Spanking Law Essay

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    6a) I would say that the charter would apply to the “Spanking Law” under section 12 that outlines the treatment and punishment, stating that everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment and punishment only under the condition that they discipline with excessive force. My reasoning behind whether it would apply would lie in Section 43 of the Criminal Code allows and gives parents and teachers (who is under their care) legal defence when they physically discipline

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    years in several parts of the world is the debate of whether or not spanking, as a disciplinary action for children when they are misbehaving. As expressed in these three articles: “Today’s Child Abuse Creates Tomorrow’s Criminals” by Chandre Gould, “The Overwhelming Evidence Against Spanking” by Meghan Leahy, and “Disciplinary Spanking is Not Child Abuse” by Okey, Chigbo; there are severa pros and cons to an action such as spanking. This specific disciplinary action can affect the life of a human

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    very long time. Possibly the most controversial method is spanking: hitting a child with an open hand on their bottom or extremities to cause pain, but not injury, to correct or control the child's behavior. Spanking is one method of discipline that has no place in our society because it teaches children that hitting is acceptable, negatively affects the child's moral internalization, and is detrimental to the child's mental health. Spanking sends very mixed messages to the child when the parent displays

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    are done thinking about the lesson behind the spanking, you will probably be a lot calmer than before; and if you aren’t, you need to walk away and let someone else handle the situation.For as long as long as there have been parents and children there has been the act of spanking children; it’s most commonly used as a method of discipline for unruly children. It is not a practice that is accepted everywhere in the world, in fact in some places spanking kids is prohibited by the law. This is especially

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    ALIDITY AND RELIABILITY 2 Spanking as a way to punish children is a heated debate that does not appear to have an end in sight. The people on both sides of the issue have very strong opinions and do not seem to want to entertain the idea that the other side could be correct. This is generally how debates work, but one concern that is often not looked at is whether the claims from either side are valid and reliable. Anyone can make claims and find evidence for those claims, but the evidence

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    to control their child or children and want to know a way to teach them how to respect what their parents say. Spanking can solve this issue, some say its child abuse, but it’s just discipline since 2014 close to 81% of Americans agree with spanking, but since it has dropped, as parents decide to spoil their kids and when they're bad they take away a video game for a little while. Spanking should be accepted in every state where it is not considered child abuse, parents should accept that and should

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    Spanking is Positive Have you ever been spanked, when you were a child? Do you remember how it felt? Did it have an effect on your attitude as you grew older? Now, when you look back at it, do you think it was a good thing? I have interviewed three random college students that have been spanked when they were a child. Even though spanking may be an example of physical abuse, I believe it is positive and not as serious as hitting with a fist or object. The following gives examples

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    Spanking Children Essay

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    Spanking children is a very controversial topic; there are people who agree with spanking and there are those who disagree. Everyone’s decision varies based on if they were spank or not spanked as children. After taking several courses in child development it is my belief that physical punishment actually alters the brain, it can traumatize a child, as well as have a decrease of gray matter in certain areas of the prefrontal cortex that have been linked to depression, addiction and other mental disorders

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    In the 1900’s most parents spanked their children, but should parents still do so? In 2000 only 41 percent of kids were spanked, and I believe that this generation is full of evil and bad kids. I believe that if kids are spanked they will have more respect for everyone. I think that if kids are spanked they will not disrespect their parents. They will be more respectful of their parents and not want to get in trouble. I think that kids will associate doing bad things with getting spanked and not

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    Spanking? Never Heard of It Essay

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    Proverbs 32:24: “Those who spare the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.” Ever since biblical times, spanking has been the most dominant, widespread discipline for children. Since many Americans claim Christianity, they follow the Holy Bible. Although spanking is a ritual type of discipline that has been among humans since biblical times and even before Christ, the world has grown and evolved to find other ways of punishment and discipline for their children. But

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