OPINION ESSAY 2

OPINION ESSAY

         Topic: Should parents smack children?

      In our modern society nowadays, for many married couples, how to raise a good child is one of many biggest concerns so that choosing a suitable method is very important. There is a proverb saying that “spare the rod, spoil a child” which has been used as a teaching way in many families. Unfortunately, some parents who do not understand exactly this proverb have created bad causes in raising child. However, using corporal punishment is also considered to be an effective way to educate children for many parents who did raise all well behaved children. For me, besides lots of different methods, I do believe that corporal punishment, which does not always mean to beat a child violently but is a way to scare a child for doing something wrong, is a necessary method to raise children in lots of cases, too.

        First of all, corporal punishment can help parents teach children quickly and effectively when their child misbehavior. As we all know, almost children cannot know exactly what the right thing to do is. They tend to do what their little mind think is right so that it is very easy for them to have mistakes. In many cases, instead of giving a little child a long explanation, corporal punishment can be used as a quickly way to correct him. For example, would a mom give a long reprimand for a nonstop crying son in the supermarket trying to get a new expensive car toy which he has lots at home? Or could a dad be patiently enough to get his little daughter to take pills which is absolutely not delicious? Is there any better choice than using corporal punishment? In those cases, picking up a small ruler or holding a little bit loud serious voice is really necessary to correct the child quickly. In addition, parents can prevent their child from doing bad things effectively by using corporal punishment, too. When a child be beaten for doing sth wrong, their body creates an automatically mechanism so that whenever they want to do sth wrong again but remember the last time being beaten, they would never dare to think about it again. For example, a little 8 year old girl really hates taking pill when she is sick. She will try everything to avoid doing that, such as crying, hiding or even getting rid of the pills. But she will immediately take the pills obediently just when she sees her dad picking up a ruler. Moreover, corporal punishment can also be effectively used when children is out of control. For contrast, what would parents do when 2 little boys crazily teasing each other with dirty water all the afternoon? Is there any harmful for them to be given half dozen quick little pats on the hands, and then stand in the corner confessing? I think that the answers would be absolutely no. As we can see that, corporal punishment not only makes our child be better behaved but also helps protect our child’s heath, too.

        Secondly, corporal punishment can also make children respect and honor parents more. For a lot of good children, being beaten helps them realize their mistakes, give up doing bad things and be thankful their parents for doing that. I personally was beaten a lot when I was young for fighting with boys, going out without permission or even stealing thing from friends but deep down in the bottom of my heart, there is not any resentment towards my parents but really appreciating. I could not imagine how bad I am now if my parents had not beaten me in those days for misbehavior. It even makes me honor and respect them more for doing so. However, some parents who ignore using corporal punishment say that it makes children be fearful and damage the relationship between parents and child. It was clearly wrong. Have they ever considered that children should always be afraid and respect parents? What will a family look like when children dishonor and cheek parents even when they are misbehavior? The fact that today there are more and more bad behaved children in school because their parents never hurt them for being misbehavior at home. That is the reason why many people say that today more parents are afraid of their child than their child are afraid of them. And this is one of many causes for not using corporal punishment appropriately. Besides, most parents are reasonable and fear so that for the child’s sake, they would never want to hurt their child unreasonablely because it hurts their feeling, too. I also want to mention that how great my parents were when they held me crying after beating me. It even makes parents love their child more when they use corporal punishment.

      There are several reasons why corporal punishment is also very necessary in raising a child. It could make your child be better in behavior with people and make your family be happier if we know how to use it wisely. However, parents should spend more time studying this method to get the best result in raising child from it.