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It is currently believed that children's behavior and misconduct is due to the lack of strict discipline and punishment applied by parents. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

#children #behavior #misconduct #lack #discipline #punishment #parents
Disciplining a
child
 could easily be one of the most complicated yet delicate matters. It is crucial for the
parents
 to be equipped with
comtemporary
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contemporary
 parenting skills.
While
 strict discipline and
punishment
 have been successful
to regulate
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 a
child
's behaviour in the past
but
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it is not a common practice followed by
parents
 today.The belief that a
child
's behaviour is bad because of the
lack
 of strict discipline is not correct.
It
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 is mainly
due to
 the
lack
 of resorting to
the
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apply
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modern parenting techniques. Parenting methods evolve with the period of time and one must try incorporating those methods to achieve the same results
what
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that
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punishment
 did in the past.
Also
,
punishment
 can have
long lasting
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 effects on a
child
's physical and mental health that not only that will result
into
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 even more serious problems but
also
 will lead to other serious issues like low self-esteem and
lack
 of confidence in a
child
.
Hence
 I
completly
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completely
 disagree with the statement that the
lack
 of strict
discipling
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discipline
disciplining
 and
punishment
result
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results
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into
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 a
child
's misconduct.
Moreover
, in many
countries
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countries,
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 it is
illigal
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illegal
 to physically punish a
child
 as there are proven studies that
punishment
 only
discourage
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discourages
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 a
child
to be
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from being
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 creative and independent. When
parents
 use
such
 methods to discipline their
child
 it only
result
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into
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in
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 a
child
 being scared of the
parents
instead
 of understanding the rationale behind why he/she is told not to misbehave. It is important that a
child
 understands the value of being a good human by recognising how his/her behaviour impacts others.
To conclude
, I am of the opinion that
punishment
 should not be used
fo
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discipling
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disciplining
discipline
 a
child
 because it will have
less
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 benefits and more harm.
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