Some people say that punishment is the best way to teach children to behave well is to punish them. Others argue that rewarding and praising is a better way to teach them the difference between right and wrong. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

The education of

children

is in the center of a lot studies and theories. Surely in the past educators belived that punishment was the best way to teach

children

to behave well; at the present other theories are considered more effective for that purpose. Consider that usually kids and teenagers learn more with rewarding and praising. Especially babies and kids, can easly associate a specific behavior with a bonus or a praise. They are usually loking for the approval of their parents and for them is very importat to undestand that mum and dad appreciate them. There are evidences that the same process works better

also

for animals: dogs, i.e., are able to learn a big amount of things just with the prize mechanism than with punishment. The reason for

that is

evident: the good feelings that

children

feel when they recive the benevol attentions of their parents are enough for induce them to behave,

also

in the future, in the same way. Basically it is esier to learn something when the lesson involves our emotions in positive that when only our rational part is considered. Unfortunately sometimes the application of the theoris, above illustrated, doesn't work. In that case, and only in that case, punishments are better at teaching that after a bad action there are bad consequences.

Children

can realize that some behavoirs are not accettable; so they can impressively learn the difference when something is considered good, with positive effects, and, on the other end, when something is considered wrong, with invitable negative effects.