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 sort of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to teach good behavior to children?

How much freedom a

child

should be given and what sort of

punishment

could be used to control them is a matter of great concern. Undeniably, too much freedom and lack of necessary control often lead youngsters to go astray while too much

punishment

makes them dull and less creative. I personally believe that

punishment

is meant to help children learn lessons and

that is

why certain punishments that do not involve beating the children is useful.

To begin

with, early childhood experience and the lessons have lasting impacts on someone’s life and

that is

why parents and teachers should try their best to teach morality and good qualities to children. Children are curious and sometimes less mature to understand certain harmful effects of doing something while every father and mother want the offspring to become an ideal and exemplary person in life. They often need to use certain

punishment

to teach a valuable lesson to a youngster and the sole purpose of

this

punishment

should be teaching a morality, should not be driven by any sort of personal anger or frustration. Physically beating a boy or a girl is in no way should be used as there are far better ways of punishing a

child

to teach him something. While physical

punishment

is no longer used in most of the developed countries, it could still be found in underdeveloped countries.

This

form of

punishment

, in my opinion, should not be used. More effective penalties could be not talking to the

child

for a misconduct or not taking him to the playground for a day or two.

Similarly

, parents could refrain from awarding the

child

with chocolate or toys and reminding the

child

why he does not deserve those. If parents have a friendly relationship with the children and simply expressing their frustration for an act of the

child

, that would work like the magic. From my personal experience, I can say that I took matters more seriously when my father stopped talking to me for a certain period for something he disliked about me and I vowed many times to myself not to do that again. To conclude,

punishment

is necessary to teach children morality and help them learn to distinguish good things from bad ones.

However

,

this

punishment

should not be physically, rather psychological and practical.