Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic. 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 with this opinion?

The discussion about whether or not

punishment

is necessary to teach

children

about right and wrong at an early age is a very controversial one. Some people say that

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punishing

children

is needed to discipline them,

while

others believe that, it should not be the only solution.

However

, to a greater extent, I disagree with the statement for a bunch of plausible reasons. There are so many good reasons that can lead one to go the opposite of the statement.

Firstly

,

punishment

triggers harmful psychological and physiological responses. Punishments

such

as spanking, slapping and other forms of physical

punishment

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not work well in correcting a child’s behaviour. In fact, I believe, that

punishment

often fails to stop and can even increase the occurrence of wrong behaviour. Another point is that, as early as age two or three,

children

can already know or feel the difference between right and wrong.

Moreover

,

Children

who face consequences for their wrongdoings often tend to be stubborn and exclude themselves from society.

On the other hand

, giving them consequences for doing

such

actions is another way to teach them.

For instance

, if a teacher failed a student for plagiarism

then

it could prevent the student from future plagiarism.

However

,

punishment

should not be seen as intended to harm the

children

or express anger since it might lead to aggressive actions.

For example

, teachers could be strict

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plagiarism but they can give high marks for good research.

To conclude

, in some situations,

punishment

is necessary to prevent students from

misbehavior

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.

However

, if parents could teach

children

by giving reason and advice,

punishment

might not be required.