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?
Moral codes are an invariably essential part of our social life which we should learn to define and distinguish at the very beginning of our life. Some people say that
punishment
can be used as a tool by parents
to facilitate this
process. I strongly disagree with this
idea as it is not an effective way and it can ruin children
’s relationships with their parents
.
Most parents
normally choose a method as simple as punishment
to teach their children
moral lessons. However
, it has been shown that this
method is only effective for a limited time because children
eventually learn how to circumvent punishment
. As a result
, little by little the punishment
effects to change children
’s behaviour fade away. For example
, when parents
choose some corporal punishment
to treat their kids, after a while the child would understand that the only consequence of his/her wrong behaviour would be just some sort of physical punishment
. Thus
, they will not think deeper about their actions.
Parents
usually play a crucial role in creating children
’s character. Therefore
, any behaviour or treating method adopting by them affects our future personality in ways we cannot imagine. Although
interacting with other people morally and becoming a law-abiding citizen is undeniably important, this
should not be achieved at any cost. Using punishment
as a correctional tool can significantly hurt the parents
-children
relationship. In addition
, it would have devastating effects on children
’s character. When children
become punished by their parents
over and over, they will gradually lose their trust in them and may even be trapped in a bigger hole which is bad friends. Generally, bad friends tend to support our wrong decisions more and when we no longer have trust in our parents
, they may lead us to more dangerous paths.
To sum up, I personally think no type of punishment
could be used as a good correctional tool to teach children
right behaving, as it will have a temporary effect and will ruin a potentially healthy communication between parents
and children
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