less and less parents these days are smacking their children. some people think that this is leading to a generation of misbehaved children. do you agree or disagree with this statement?

it has been long believed that human

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are shaped based on conditioning.

this

means that inappropriate behaviors should be eliminated through negative reinforcement

while

acceptable traits need to be maintained through positive reinforcement.

due to

this

reason, many parents in the past used to punish their

children

physically.

however

, these days corporal

punishment

is being used less frequently, and

therefore

some people think that

this

will contribute to a generation of misbehaved

children

. I'm afraid I have to disagree with

this

point of view, and in the following essay, my ideas will be supported by some rationale and examples.

firstly

, recently, the idea that the basis of many adulthood personality and mental abnormalities is rooted in the way that

children

are treated in their early years of life has become a cornerstone for

further

research.

this

has led to the conducting of various studies,

subsequently

, showing that some psychiatric disorders

such

as anti-social personality

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and oppositional defiant are associated with a history of being physically punished as

children

. in light of

this

, old disciplining methods should be revised.

secondly

,

besides

psychological sequela, corporal

punishment

can result in either inadvertent or deliberate physical trauma. all of us have heard stories with catastrophic endings in which the intention of the parents was to cause minor pain but somehow got complicated by some series of events, eventually leading to some serious injuries.

moreover

, when hitting

children

is socially accepted, some parents may feel to use more violent means of physical

punishment

, inflicting damage to the

children

's body well-being.

on the other hand

, it is believed by some that the level of fear from

punishment

required to stop some

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is not met by other means of

punishment

. they claim that unless

children

are deterred by the consequences of their unacceptable conduct, implementing healthy ones is nearly impossible. in conclusion, the right way to discipline

children

has always been a matter of debate.

Although

some people think that smacking is still an option, in my view, it should no longer be used as it can have both mental and physical outcomes.