How much freedom a child should be given and what sort of punishment could be used to control them is a matter of great concern. Undeniably, too much freedom and lack of necessary control often lead youngsters to go astray while too much punishment makes them dull and less creative. I personally believe that punishment is meant to help children learn lessons and that is why certain punishments that do not involve beating the children is useful.
To begin with, early childhood experience and the lessons have lasting impacts on someone’s life and that is why parents and teachers should try their best to teach morality and good qualities to children. Children are curious and sometimes less mature to understand certain harmful effects of doing something while every father and mother want the offspring to become an ideal and exemplary person in life. They often need to use certain punishment to teach a valuable lesson to a youngster and the sole purpose of this punishment should be teaching a morality, should not be driven by any sort of personal anger or frustration. Physically beating a boy or a girl is in no way should be used as there are far better ways of punishing a child to teach him something.
While physical punishment is no longer used in most of the developed countries, it could still be found in underdeveloped countries. This form of punishment, in my opinion, should not be used. More effective penalties could be not talking to the child for a misconduct or not taking him to the playground for a day or two. Similarly, parents could refrain from awarding the child with chocolate or toys and reminding the child why he does not deserve those. If parents have a friendly relationship with the children and simply expressing their frustration for an act of the child, that would work like the magic. From my personal experience, I can say that I took matters more seriously when my father stopped talking to me for a certain period for something he disliked about me and I vowed many times to myself not to do that again.
To conclude, punishment is necessary to teach children morality and help them learn to distinguish good things from bad ones. However, this punishment should not be physically, rather psychological and practical.
How much freedom a
child
should be
given
and what sort of
punishment
could be
used
to control them is a matter of great concern.
Undeniably
, too much freedom and lack of necessary control
often
lead youngsters to go astray while too much
punishment
makes
them dull and less creative. I
personally
believe that
punishment
is meant
to
help
children
learn lessons and
that is
why
certain
punishments
that do not involve beating the
children
is useful.
To
begin
with, early childhood experience and the lessons have lasting impacts on someone’s life and
that is
why parents and teachers should try their best to
teach
morality and
good
qualities to
children
.
Children
are curious and
sometimes
less mature to understand
certain
harmful effects of doing something while every father and mother want the offspring to become an ideal and exemplary person in life. They
often
need to
use
certain
punishment
to
teach
a valuable lesson to a youngster and the sole purpose of this
punishment
should be teaching a morality, should not
be driven
by any sort of personal anger or frustration.
Physically
beating a boy or a girl is in no way should be
used
as there are far better ways of punishing a
child
to
teach
him something.
While physical
punishment
is no longer
used
in most of the
developed countries
, it could
still
be found
in underdeveloped countries. This form of
punishment
, in my opinion, should not be
used
. More effective penalties could be not talking to the
child
for a misconduct or not taking him to the playground for a day or two.
Similarly
, parents could refrain from awarding the
child
with chocolate or toys and reminding the
child
why he does not deserve those. If parents have a friendly relationship with the
children
and
simply
expressing their frustration for an act of the
child
, that would work like the magic. From my personal experience, I can say that I took matters more
seriously
when my father
stopped
talking to me for a
certain
period for something he disliked about me and I vowed
many
times to myself not to do that again.
To conclude
,
punishment
is necessary to
teach
children
morality and
help
them learn to distinguish
good
things from
bad
ones.
However
, this
punishment
should not be
physically
,
rather
psychological and practical.