Learning the difference between right and wrong at an early age is essential for children’s growth and development. While some people claim that punishment is an effective way to ensure them to do the right thing, I personally believe it is not necessarily a good method of teaching children good values.
First of all, punishment might hurt a child’s feelings and thereby create negative impact on its heart and soul. Little kids don’t know any better, so grown-ups need to be more forgiving. For example, if children say inappropriate words, it would be better for parent or teacher to tell them it is not right to use those words, explain to help them truly understand why that behaviour is wrong. If a kid does something wrong out of innocence, blindly grounding him or order him to stand in a corner will only make the child even more confused and plan the seed of hatred which is not healthy for their growth.
Secondly, punishment is not as humane or effective as education is. Parents and teachers should set good examples for children to follow. Children need proper guidance. Recent reseach shows that 80% of children who receive guidance and advise from their parents are often regarded as good students and behave in a good demeanour. In contrast, punished children are more likely to resent it and behave badly as a way to release the stress from punishment.
Despite such benefits, some proponents claim that punishment is something that every child has to be through on the way to become a good person. In fact, punishment should be based on reason. It has to be light, and not too harsh. And it must serve the purpose of education. For example, a child breaking a glass should be asked to replace it. He or she should be encouraged to earn money to buy a new glass by helping their parents do the housework. This kind of punishment should be promoted as it is reasonable while effectively sending the message that everyone must be responsible for all of their mistakes.
In conclusion, punishing children is not what parents and teachers should consider as a top priority. Guiding and making the positive message clear to them matters above all else.
Learning the difference between right and
wrong
at an early age is essential for
children’s
growth and development. While
some
people
claim that
punishment
is an effective way to ensure them to do the right thing, I
personally
believe it is not
necessarily
a
good
method of teaching
children
good
values.
First of all
,
punishment
might hurt a
child’s
feelings and thereby create
negative
impact on its heart and soul.
Little
kids don’t know any better,
so
grown-ups need to be more forgiving.
For example
, if
children
say inappropriate words, it would be better for
parent
or teacher to
tell
them it is not right to
use
those words,
explain
to
help
them
truly
understand why that
behaviour
is
wrong
. If a kid does something
wrong
out of innocence,
blindly
grounding him or order him to stand in a corner will
only
make
the
child
even more confused and plan the seed of hatred which is not healthy for their growth.
Secondly
,
punishment
is not as humane or effective as education is.
Parents
and teachers should set
good
examples for
children
to follow.
Children
need proper guidance. Recent
reseach
shows
that 80% of
children
who receive guidance and advise from their
parents
are
often
regarded as
good
students and behave in a
good
demeanour
.
In contrast
, punished
children
are more likely to resent it and behave
badly
as a way to release the
stress
from punishment.
Despite such benefits,
some
proponents claim that
punishment
is something that every
child
has to
be through on the way to become a
good
person. In fact,
punishment
should
be based
on reason. It
has to
be light, and not too harsh. And it
must
serve the purpose of education.
For example
, a
child
breaking a glass should
be asked
to replace it. He or she should
be encouraged
to earn money to
buy
a new glass by helping their
parents
do the housework. This kind of
punishment
should
be promoted
as it is reasonable while
effectively
sending the message that everyone
must
be responsible for all of their mistakes.
In conclusion
, punishing
children
is not what
parents
and teachers should consider as a top priority. Guiding and making the
positive
message
clear
to them matters
above all
else.