IT IS NEVER OK TO USE PHYSICAL FORCE TO PUNISH CHILDREN

IT IS NEVER OK TO USE PHYSICAL FORCE TO PUNISH CHILDREN.

Undoubtedly, it isn’t well to punish children using the physical force. First of all, because we need to recognize that every child has his or her own way of seeing things. If parents hit their children trying to educate them, they could change their sensitivity for each other's feelings, making them more aggressive or vulnerable. Secondly, because if they are treated with violence, that could have negative effects in their conduct, and perhaps they could misbehave not only at home but also in their school environment with their classmates. The worst part of using physical force to punish a child is that he or she will surely keep negative feelings up into his or her adult age, repeating, in this way, the same practice with their own children, too.

In some countries of the world, children are still treated with violence. They are hit for weak reasons even if they do not deserve such treatments at all. In those countries, when children make any simple mistake, they find themselves under the cruelty of their older people, especially their parents or school teachers. For example, when children do not obey their father or mother to carry out any task which they are ordered, they are hit; if they do not do better with their lessons at school, their teachers hit them, too. As a result, the children treated with cruelty feel sadness, unfairness, and, of course, they feel themselves miserable and with the broken heart. Unfortunately, neither parents nor teachers care about the emotional and physical damage they make to children. Even though parents and teachers know and realize very well that these cruel treatments are not successful solutions to children’s misbehavior, they insist in using such practices and continue treating the children with the same inhumanity. However, hitting does not educate, but it only represents a threat to children. Physical punishment teaches children to fear and to be submissive to the point of diminishing their ability to grow as independent and responsible people. The practice of corporal punishment used to be a deeply custom in Mexico as well. Fortunately, nowadays, parents are more concerned with the education of their children, but instead of using the physical punishment to correct their misbehavior, they are seeking for more constructive and positive alternatives which encourage a healthy development in their children and that make both of them feel really satisfied. One way of avoiding bad children’s conducts is by paying attention to what they have to say about their feelings, ideas, and thoughts. Besides, parents should be the best models of conduct being respectful, kind, and responsible.

I strongly believe that hurting children both emotionally and physically is very sad. On the contrary, I am sure that they need to be cared and protected. Furthermore, In order to avoid negative behaviors in children and young people,

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