CHILDHOOD ABUSE: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

CHILDHOOD ABUSE Corporal punishment: corporal punishment refers to intentional application of physical pain as a method of changing behavior. It includes a wide variety of methods such as hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, pinching, shaking, choking, use of various objects (wooden paddles, belts, sticks, pins, or others), painful body postures, use of electric shock, use of excessive drills, or prevention of urine or stool elimination. Physical punishment induced by parents is at most considered as a …

…with care, they blossom onto flowers. However, if they are neglected and treated harshly, they wilt and eventually die. This should be enough example to justify the right treatment towards children. Instead of indulging them in physical punishments and abuse, children should be taught with gentleness the difference between right and wrong. This helps the child to act in the same mature way all their lives, just as their parents had done in their childhood.