Smacking children is the best form of discipline. To what extent do you agree?

All children misbehave and every parent face the challenge of how to discipline his or her child.Owing to

this

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it has been suggested that physical punishment is the ultimate way of correcting children.While

this

may be adopted

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I totally disagree with

this

viewpoint.

To begin

with, corporal punishment

have been attributed

Suggestion

has been attributed

to low self esteem in children.

This

is because they live in fear of being spanked at every slight mistake and assume they are not good enough and

this

translate to their relationship with their equals in the society.

Secondly

, children who suffer beating grow up and see it as a way of life.

Thus they

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Thus, they

become violent without even noticing and eventually turn to crime in later life.

For

example my

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example, my

cousin was rude in his formative years and his mother always flogged him, today he is a notorious criminal wanted by the police.

Finally

, hitting youngsters can result in injuries.

This

is because most parents get swallowed up in anger when they perceive misconduct from their

offpring

the immediate descendants of a person

offspring

and in an attempt to correct them, they lay their hands on anything without minding if

this

would lead to severe laceration or even death.

However

, smacking kids may instill fear in them in early life so they may become wary of committing a future havoc and can totally desist from bad behaviour.

This

however

is a small group In conclusion, while people may vary in their opinion

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I completely disagree that corporal punishment is the surest way to train a child to be morally upright.I rather suggest positive reinforcement, withdrawal of privileges and time out for advice as effective measures