The use of corporal punishment (physically hitting students) in schools is in decline, yet it should be used to improve behaviour. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

In the past, corporal

punishment

was commonly used by

parents

and

teachers

in order to let

children

behave well. These days, the use of physical

punishment

is less prevalent, but some may think that it should be used to improve

children

's behaviour and I strongly disagree with it. Without a doubt, corporal

punishment

is one of the effective ways to let kids remember the consequence of their undesirable behaviours and stop them from being naughty.

For instance

, when a child does not hand in his homework or does not want to eat vegetables,

teachers

and elderlies would hit their hands with a ruler and force them to follow the rules.

However

, never should we overlook the negative impact of corporal

punishment

.

Children

who usually receive physical

punishment

may have a higher chance to become violent when they grow up and they may think that violent behaviours can solve different problems. When they become

parents

, they may hit their

children

excessively and create a vicious cycle for later generations. Another reason why

teachers

and

parents

should not educate teenagers through physical means is that it may induce stress on

children

and affect their mental development. None of us is perfect and everyone would make mistakes in their life. During

children

's developmental stage, adults should encourage them to have the courage to step out of their comfort zone. If

children

would receive physical

punishment

whenever they make mistakes, they would only focus on learning how not to be punished

instead

of learning proactively.

Also

, they may lose their confidence and be scared of communicating with

teachers

and

parents

after being punished by physical means, in long term, it will affect the relationship between adults and

children

,

thus

children

will bottom up their feelings toward others,

thus

, their mental health will be affected. Rather than punishing

children

by hitting them, we should always be patient in teaching

children

by explaining the consequence and influence of their bad behaviours.Building up a good rapport with kids is one of the essential steps in teaching them,

while

hitting them may not help with it Under

this

line of thinking,

although

corporal

punishment

can improve

children

's behaviour in short term, I think it may induce harm to their development and I believe there are other ways to teach them.