IIt 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?
Education is a crucial part of our lives. As
adults
, people
know that every decision has its own result
. A consequence can be either good or bad due to individuals' behaviour. Some people
believe that the difference between right and wrong should be learnt from a young age. To achieve this
knowledge, many think that punishment
should be used to teach this
distinction, whereas I partially agree with the statement due to the many alternatives that adults
can explore to teach children
.
Regarding punishment
, it can be the result
of negative behaviour. Since children
do not know what can happen if they do something bad, they must face the result
. For instance
, avoiding responsibilities such
as finishing homework or cleaning the room would result
in a restriction. Then
, parents
would prohibit their children
from playing with their friends after school as punishment
. Another possible situation is when young people
show a bad attitude towards their authority figures. So, their parents
and professors would need to add other restrictions. However
, some consequences can scare children
, and as a
result
, interrupt the learning process.
Nowadays, many alternatives can help adults
to teach significant values to young people
. Since they will be the future adults
in society, they should know the difference between right and wrong in a friendly manner. For example
, if students obtain good grades, parents
would allow more TV time as a reward. As a
result
, children
would learn that acting good results in a reward, whereas obtaining poor scores would diminish TV time. Another option is teaching adults
' behaviour. If parents
and professors show proper actions, kids would learn how to behave without receiving punishment
. Those alternatives would be extremely useful to improve children
knowledge about different behaviours.
To conclude, consequences are needed to understand what is good and what is wrong. Yet, since punishment
can scare some children
, adults
can use other ways to improve their learning process.Submitted by marog2 on
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