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

It is a strong desire in many

parents

and teachers to raise well-behaved

children

to become useful members of society and succeed in life.

Parents

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therefore

, need to give their

children

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upbringing from an early age to enable them to tell right from wrong. To

this

end, it is almost impossible to exclude reward and

punishment

in regulating and controlling

children

’s behaviour, but what kind of

punishment

should be employed? In the history of human society, rewards and punishments, of any sort, have been in place to encourage good manners and discourage unhealthy ones. People should see that they will suffer the consequences if they misbehave, and how their wrongdoing may hurt others as well. Indeed,

this

teaching needs

to begin

from an early age both at home and at school as part of the curriculum.

Children

, especially at an early age, undergo several stages of development based on the kinds of patterns of

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and teachings they receive and are exposed to

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and form their identity and personality emulating their

parents

, teachers, and peers.

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, as

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they tend to continue on in the habits and attitudes they formed and adopted as they interacted with others. To teach good

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,

parents

and teachers need,

first

of all, to demonstrate exemplary

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and act as good role models. To put it in perspective, it would be more difficult for a smoking father to prevent his child from trying cigarettes, while he continues to smoke.

However

, on some

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punishment

would be the best course of action. Proper disciplinary strategies are those that deprive

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children

of the things they most like to do or have.

For instance

, if a child refuses to brush his teeth, he can be denied his pocket money, or if a schoolboy bullies his peers, he can be required to go to school on holidays to do some service, missing the joy of the holiday. Corporal

punishment

,

however

, must be avoided at all times, in my opinion, as it may not only cause emotional problems, it would

also

set a bad example for the youth possibly teaching them to emulate aggressive

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. Undoubtedly,

children

should be taught good manners early in life, from the time they are taught right from left. Half the way will already be travelled if they are surrounded

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, and brought up in a healthy environment, both at school and at home. A carrot and stick approach, if

practiced

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appropriately, can induce good behaviour and help

children

think about their actions and encourage them to improve their manners throughout adulthood.