Corporal punishment: WHY NOT TO!

Fictionally speaking, We call young child as untouched buds, who are unaware of any means, emotions and actions. Parents are nature and we ECE are gardeners. They need care as they are young and unable to take care of themselves.
When comes the term corporal punishment it says aloud “ Spare the rod and spoil the child.-Samuel Butler” but does things really work that way. ‘No’ .... but Why not? People ask questions like what is harm in canning or spanking? Their is harm a long-term harm which can only be explained by experience, seeing the impact of it on young child. When we took violence over love it shows the child that we can attain authority by punishment. Non-affection, ignoring child, insulting are Verbal and emotional punishment. By doing such thing we are telling child that love cannot heal the wound. Here are some lines by Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu, previously known as Israel Ehrenberg, who is a British-American Anthropologist.

Any form of corporal punishment or 'spanking' is a violent attack upon another human being's integrity. The effect remains with the victim forever and becomes an unforgiving part of his or hier personality--a massive frustration resulting in a hostility which will seek expression in later life in violent acts towards others. The sooner we understand that love and gentleness are the only kinds of called-far behavior towards children, the better. The child, especially, learns to become the kind of human being that he or she has experienced. This should be fully understood by all caregivers.
Ashley Montagu
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. Mahatma Gandhi
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We human beings enjoys happiness, truth, positivity and most importantly love. Punishment of any kind imposed as discipline does no good. The drawbacks of punishment can be seen in present and future.
Effects in present shows loss of interest in every field such as lack of self-esteem, lack in social health, loss of active participation, improper diet, etc
In future it is seen that individuals having past occupied with punishment leads to loneliness, autism, physical and psychological damage.
I would like to conclude that neither in preschool setting nor any where else, punishment as discipline is done applicable. It can gave the punisher control over a person but there are more drawbacks of the same which have long term effect on that person

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