Jared Pingleton, a clinical psychologist and director for Focus on the Family's Counseling department said that spanking, in proper context, can be an appropriate
form of child discipline.
While section 43 stands, it is a constant excuse for parents to cling to an ineffective
method of child discipline when better approaches are available.
There is too much bad advice for new mothers such as: «cry it out is a good sleep training technique», «you should breastfeed till 6 months only», «spanking is
part of child discipline» and so many many more.
This
type of child disciplining does not effect your child's self esteem and it also establishes in their mind that what type of behavior that you expect of them.
Creating a lesson plans, administrating the discipline, and assessing the performance of the children
I think the very
concept of child discipline itself is limiting for my children's emotional development and restrictive of their sense of freedom, inborn curiosity and creative thinking!
Unlike ancient Roman culture, in which fathers often used corporal punishment as a
form of child discipline, the historic parenting styles of ancient Mesopotamia discouraged it.
Through their «No Greater Joy Ministries,» Michael and Debi Pearl teach a
method of child discipline that centers around «breaking a child's will.»
While most people (at least publicly) decry the use of spanking as a form
of child discipline, more people do spank their kids than they let on.
Despite recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics against spanking, most parents in the U.S. approve of and have used corporal punishment as a form
of child discipline.
Whether you are pro or con about using time - outs as a form
of child discipline, both sides agree on one key issue: If a child is acting inappropriately and causing potential harm to himself or others and ruining an event, parents should remove him from the activity or situation immediately without second chances.
For years, health practitioners along with child activists have decried the use of spanking as a form
of child discipline.
«What you have is an assertion that forms
of child discipline, apart from corporal punishment, can be criminal acts.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations to the contrary, most parents in the United States approve of and have used CP as a form
of child discipline.