Human behaviours in any society can either be said to be right or wrong. Human beings learn how to behave through different means, one of which is punishment. It is important to note that human behaviours are better learnt at an early age because behaviours become habits. Needed to state that habits are not easily changed. This is the reason why young humans – children- need to learn the distinctions between right and wrong at an early age. One of the most effective ways of teaching children is by punishing them. I will be discussing the importance of punishment in teaching children the difference between right and wrong.
Human beings are self-protective and are likely to run away from anything that inflicts pain or bodily injury. Punishment is a way of inflicting pain because it is usually carried out by the use of painful objects like cane. Since pain is naturally alien to human beings, children are likely to avoid it and that could deter them from doing the wrong thing. For example, at grade ii my mother inflicted pain on me through her bare hands when I ate meat from the pot. On another occasion, i left the house chore undone and this caused me my dinner. I woke up severally during the midnight because i skipped dinner. I therefore resolved to always listen to her to avoid going through the pain of doing otherwise.
Human beings are naturally afraid of any form of deprivation. Deprivation can be an effective way of punishing children at an early age to teach them the difference between right and wrong. For example, I was left at home to be alone at an instance when I fought with one of my siblings. My two younger siblings were taken to the beach to have fun while I was asked to stay at home. They came back narrating their experience and I felt deprived. This made me to abstain from fighting for many years thereafter.
In conclusion, it is important to use punishment to teach children the importance of doing right and wrong actions because it shows seriousness on the part of the parent or guardian. Quite impressively, the society where we belong also uses punitive measures to deter citizens from doing wrong actions.
Human
behaviours
in any society can either
be said
to be
right
or
wrong
.
Human
beings learn how to behave through
different
means, one of which is
punishment
. It is
important
to note that
human
behaviours
are better
learnt at
an early age
because
behaviours
become habits. Needed to state that habits are not
easily
changed
. This is the reason why young
humans
–
children-
need to learn the distinctions between
right
and
wrong
at an early age. One of the most effective ways of teaching
children
is by punishing them. I will be discussing the importance of
punishment
in teaching
children
the difference between
right
and
wrong
.
Human beings are self-protective and are likely to run away from anything that inflicts
pain
or
bodily
injury.
Punishment
is a way of inflicting
pain
because
it is
usually
carried out by the
use
of painful objects like cane. Since
pain
is
naturally
alien to
human
beings,
children
are likely to avoid it and that could deter them from
doing
the
wrong
thing.
For example
, at grade ii my mother inflicted
pain
on me through her bare hands when I ate meat from the pot. On another occasion,
i
left
the
house
chore undone and this caused me my dinner. I woke up
severally
during the midnight
because
i
skipped dinner. I
therefore
resolved to always listen to her to avoid going through the
pain
of
doing
otherwise
.
Human beings are
naturally
afraid of any form of deprivation. Deprivation can be an effective way of punishing
children
at an early age to teach them the difference between
right
and
wrong
.
For example
, I was
left
at home to be alone at an instance when I fought with one of my siblings. My two younger siblings
were taken
to the beach to have fun while I
was asked
to stay at home. They came back narrating their experience and I felt deprived. This made me to abstain from fighting for
many
years thereafter.
In conclusion
, it is
important
to
use
punishment
to teach
children
the importance of
doing
right
and
wrong
actions
because
it
shows
seriousness on the part of the parent or guardian. Quite
impressively
, the society where we belong
also
uses
punitive measures to deter citizens from
doing
wrong
actions.