It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
What short of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to teach good behaviour to children?
I agree that punishment or disciplinary actions are necessary in order to help children distinguish between wrong and right actions.
I believe that people that had soft parents who didn’t beat them for something they did wrong sometimes grow up to be quite ignorant and selfish people. Therefore disciplinary actions are necessary in order for children to grow up to be a socially acceptable adult.
However, I strongly disagree with the fact that parents should be able to commit disciplinary actions without the content to fix their child’s behaviour into something a bit more socially acceptable. This twisted behaviour will not only be ineffective in correcting the child’s behaviour but instead ruin the child’s way of thinking. I believe that enough pressure is necessary for somebody to feel passionate enough to work harder on something however, if too much pressure is applied that somebody will eventually break. This is the same with scolding or beating one’s child, and when it gets to the point where the parents perform disciplinary actions without the intent to correct their child to a better direction than they were heading and perform it just because they can, that will no longer be acceptable because those kind of actions will break a child’s mind, often his or her will. Also, even if the actions were performed with good intentions if not done properly the outcome may be cruel for the child.
For these reasons I agree with the statement to the extent that the parents’ disciplinary actions are for the good of their child.