Teaching young people and preparing them for the real world is not only parents´ job, but also teachers have the responsibility to look after children's behaviour. Although every child has to understand what is correct or incorrect to live in a society, it is unnecessary to punish to achieve this goal. Therefore, I completely disagree with the use of punishment as a tool to teach. Moreover, I consider there are other strategies to transmit good values to young people.
Primarily, fear of parents and professors is not a strategy that works in the long term. For instance, many boys or girls do their homework frightened of getting grounded. This feeling, is far from actually understanding that by doing homework the contents of a specific school subject are learned. Furthermore, they do not understand that by doing essays at home they will achieve the necessary knowledge to go to university afterwards. Therefore, penalties will not prepare students or kids for future decisions. On the contrary, punishing is only a way of enlarging the gap between adults and kids and making children scared all the time.
Many specialist in the area of Psychology and Pedagogy of Buenos Aires University agree on some measures that help teaching kids the difference between right and wrong. Firstly, one strategy used oftenly is the time out. For example, when toddlers hit their younger siblings, they are sent apart for as many minutes as the age of the kid, that is to say, if the boy is 3 years old it will be left alone without toys for 3 minutes. Similarly, teachers can improve students misbehaviour by applying the same rule when they are small. Later in high school, extra homework it is said to be an excellent tool, not only to teach children the consequences of bad behaviours, but also to improve their learning skills.
In conclusion, in spite many mothers, fathers and teachers believe punishing is the only way of transmitting the distinction of good and bad, in my opinion, children should interiorise and completely understand that our actions have consequences. Therefore, time out and extra homework will help to learn how the world works and why one should always behave properly.
Teaching young
people
and preparing them for the real world is not
only
parents´ job,
but
also
teachers have the responsibility to look after children's
behaviour
. Although every child
has to
understand what is correct or incorrect to
live
in a society, it is unnecessary to punish to achieve this goal.
Therefore
, I completely disagree with the
use
of punishment as a tool to teach.
Moreover
, I consider there are other strategies to transmit
good
values to young
people
.
Primarily
, fear of parents and professors is not a strategy that works in the long term.
For instance
,
many
boys or girls do their
homework
frightened of getting grounded. This feeling, is far from actually understanding that by doing
homework
the contents of a specific school subject
are learned
.
Furthermore
, they do not understand that by doing essays at home they will achieve the necessary knowledge to go to university afterwards.
Therefore
, penalties will not prepare students or
kids
for future decisions.
On the contrary
, punishing is
only
a way of enlarging the gap between adults and
kids
and making children scared all the time.
Many
specialist in the area of Psychology and Pedagogy of Buenos Aires University
agree
on
some
measures that
help
teaching
kids
the difference between right and
wrong
.
Firstly
, one strategy
used
oftenly
is the time out.
For example
, when toddlers hit their younger siblings, they are
sent
apart for as
many
minutes as the age of the
kid
,
that is
to say, if the boy is 3 years
old
it will be
left
alone without toys for 3 minutes.
Similarly
, teachers can
improve
students
misbehaviour
by applying the same
rule
when they are
small
. Later in high school, extra
homework
it
is said
to be an excellent tool, not
only
to teach children the consequences of
bad
behaviours
,
but
also
to
improve
their learning
skills
.
In conclusion
, in spite
many
mothers, fathers and teachers believe punishing is the
only
way of transmitting the distinction of
good
and
bad
, in my opinion, children should
interiorise
and completely understand that our actions have consequences.
Therefore
, time out and extra
homework
will
help
to learn how the world works and why one should always behave
properly
.