It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishments' 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?

Teaching

children

to distinguish right and wrong is one of the most important and

also

difficult tasks of parenting.

Children

should get familiar with ethics and principles at a young age when their character is getting shaped. Some parents believe that

punishment

helps to prevent

children

from wrongdoing.

This

essay is an attempt to express my opposing view about

this

notion and an explanation of what can be done to encourage kids to good

behaviour

. To start with, physical

punishment

has negative effects on kids' character and mental health.

Punishment

has been linked to anxiety, depression and antisocial behaviours.

Punishment

has been known as one of the important reasons for anxiety in

children

besides

other factors like being abused or neglected. Researchers believe that the negative impact of

punishment

remains in a person's mind in adulthood as well.

Moreover

,

punishment

often fails to deter youngsters from doing unpleasant things. Actually, it does not teach good

behaviour

or the reason for it.

Instead

, it makes the

child

angry. It directs the

child

's attention to their own suffering and resentment rather than how their unwanted

behaviour

can affect others​. In order to encourage

children

to behave properly, parents and teachers can withdraw the

child

's privileges so that he or she tries to compensate for the mistakes.

For example

, Parents can reduce their pocket money or postpone taking them to the playground until they find out they did something unpleasant.

Also

, penalties can be more effective when they are related to the action that has been done.

For instance

, picking up the rubbish they have dropped, cleaning up the graphite they have drawn and apologising to someone they have hurt. In

this

,way we can arise feelings of responsibility in the

child

that is

more likely to lead to good

behaviour

in future rather than physical

punishment

. To conclude, violence should not be used against

children

to stop them from doing antisocial actions as not only it harms their body and mind's health but

also

it will not work out. And they may suffer its ill effects in future as well.

Instead

, other methods should be used to solve the problem.