Corpral Punishment

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The use of corporal punishment in the home and school has been widely debated. Some believe it is a means of discipline while others call it abuse. Corporal punishment is harmful to children. It could lead to emotional and physical problems. Educationally, corporal punishment has been defined as the infliction of pain by a teacher or other educational official upon the body of a student as a penalty for doing something which has been disapproved by the punisher. Corporal punishment doesn't work, discipline when used a good teaching way does work. Corporal punishment does not have a long-lasting effect on behavior, although it creates all kinds of side-effects. The teacher and parent acting as a model, teaches that hitting is a solution to problems and that people can hit if they are big enough and in a position of power. Teachers and parents show the evidence of ineffectiveness of corporal punishment in the literature. Such evidence is often looked upon as impractical and theoretical. They ignore their own practical evidence that corporal punishment does not have the desired effect on discipline in a school or home. There is no evidence that discipline is better when corporal punishment is used, and in many places the schools and homes with the most corporal punishment have had the worst discipline. Corporal punishment in the home and school are banned in a number of countries:
Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway and Sweden. Bans are currently being debated by the Governments of Germany, Ireland, Poland, Spain and Switzerland. Svend Robinson a Canadian Member of Parliament proposes the repeal of Section 43 of the Canadian Criminal Code which permits parents to use "reasonable force" when disciplining children. About 20 states in the US prohibit corporal punishment in public schools but not in homes.
Yet, 30 states continue to authorize corporal punishment in their schools. The highest incidents tend to be in the so...