The establishment of family roles guarantees understanding, cooperation, and healthy family functioning. It is important for well-defined roles to be established within each family, so that each member is able to handle daily life activities and the many changes that occur in families throughout the years even if this process requires much time and many efforts. In my opinion, a family is a powerful unit that serves as a great support and a powerful incentive. It helps its members develop and grow up both physically and morally. Along with these roles, certain expectations come for how these roles should be fulfilled. For instance, the parental role in every family is fulfilled via providing, disciplining and teaching a child. The development of a child, and particularly the child’s discipline, is a rather serious process that requires profound knowledge and experience in this field. In my opinion, corporal punishment is not needed to discipline children as every emotional trauma and negative experience at an early age, when the brain and child’s body are not yet fully developed, can affect the brain and the person’s ability to cope with various challenges and stressful situations in future life.

Child abuse and corporal punishment, in particular, are considered to be one of the most widespread psychological and social problems nowadays. The number of abused children increases every day. The terrifying impact and numerous negative outcomes of child’s development in such conditions make the whole world speak against child abuse and corporal punishment. The main reason for such a protest is that negative experience in the early stages of child’s development can harmfully affect a person later in his/her life and cause a serious trauma. Constant abuse from the early childhood till adolescence has a very negative impact both on the physical and psychological development of every individual.

As it is known, personality is always developed in several stages, and each stage plays an important role in psychological development of an individual. It is very important to get enough of the required social experience from every stage in order to form a mature personality. Corporal punishment is a traumatic abuse that can lead to personality disorder and both mental and physical problems. It is very important to avoid child abuse and protect the child against it in order to guarantee his or her proper development.

A child is highly likely to face a serious childhood trauma as a result of corporal punishment, and this issue can develop a great number of negative and crushing emotions for a young individual including anger, sadness, depression, and shame that should not be associated with discipline. What is even more serious is that without proper care and protection, such mechanisms and examples of abuse can become long-term processes and affect a person’s health and character throughout life. Corporal punishment and child abuse must be prevented and stopped at the early stages as it can lead to chronic state, and this can consequently result in more severe outcomes both for children and adults, such as certain abnormalities at the physical, cognitive, psychological, behavioral or social level. The main task is to prevent the extension of abuse into adulthood as a form of discipline. Moreover, there is a high risk that previous negative experiences related with the abuse and corporal punishment in the early childhood can lead to its unconscious repetition when the child grows up and starts his/her family.

The process of training and developing child’s discipline should be associated with training the mind and the nature of the child in order to help him/her become an independent, able to control oneself, dignified, and constructive member of the society. Punishment is also a part of discipline. However, it is one of the most negative and primitive ways of treating a child. Discipline is immeasurably easier to achieve when the child feels deep and sincere love and can understand and accept the leading role of parents without hostility and obstructions.

The main negative consequence of corporal punishment is the development of identification with the aggressor. A child chooses the side of the punishing parent, and he has the feeling that being aggressive and using corporal punishment is constantly needed in life. Then, this child grows up, and when he/she brings up own children, he/she treats them the same way as he/she was treated while being a child. The use of corporal punishment as the primary means of educating children passed from generation to generation; however, it showed mainly negative consequences rather than positive ones.

Moreover, if a child is frequently and severely punished, he/she does not produce the necessary sense of guilt that prevents the development of his full awareness of an individual. Without the foundation of unconditional love, a child cannot go through all the phases of development, particularly the identification with the parents that prevents the formation of a healthy psyche and self-esteem. Consequently, with an inadequate self-esteem, and even worse, with unhealthy psyche, every child is highly likely to face serious difficulties and obstacles in life.

The American Academy of Pediatrics as well as other medical organizations is opposed to any type of corporal punishment at home and at school. However, even in American schools, corporal punishment is allowed in 20 states, and according to the decision of the Supreme Court in 1977, schools can use corporal punishment in order to discipline children in those regions where it is permitted by local authorities. These data is only a part of a huge number of similar studies in the past decade that have proven that corporal punishment should be considered as a serious risk factor for psychological disorders in children when they grow up.

Child abuse and corporal punishment are great crimes, and nobody has a right to humiliate children and cause them harm. Children are little weak creatures who are not fully developed both psychologically and physically. Every damage and deviation in their development due to abuse can result in negative consequences. The existence of numerous physical health problems that children can obtain as a result of such misbehavior gives additional significance to this issue. According to the analyzed and studied literature, it is possible to make a conclusion that adults who had some experience of abuse or neglect in their childhood tend to have more physical derangements and abnormalities.

Being a parent is a complicated task that requires much effort and patience. Corporal punishment is one of the most harmful and long-lasting problems nowadays. This problem affects both the physical and mental health of a person and results in numerous abnormalities and negative consequences. The number of abused children increases every day, and such a negative experience in the early stages of a child’s development can harmfully affect a person later in life and cause a serious trauma. It is very important to avoid corporal punishment and protect the child against it in order to guarantee his or her proper development. Every emotional trauma and negative experience at an early age when the brain and the child’s body are not fully developed can affect the brain and the person’s ability to cope with various challenges and stressful situations in future life. The vivid signs caused by physical abuse are injuries that can be observed on the body of a child. Not to mention the usage of a knife or a gun as well as other weapons against children that can result in serious injuries or have lethal consequences. Any abuse is inappropriate due to the ethics and human rights.

All possible types of child abuse should be stopped and prevented at the time of the first notice. Data provided by the social agencies says that cases of corporal punishment have more than doubled during the last two decades. Damages caused by physical abuse lead to harmful consequences, and corporal punishment is by far not the best way to show children what discipline is. In order to achieve a good behavior of the child, it is far better to address him with polite requests. More importantly, the requests should be based on a sense of personal responsibility.The child should feel that he is equally responsible for his own behavior. A child instinctively knows that he has a choice of how to behave. When parents ask about how to behave well, the child feels that his parents understand that he/she is able to think on his/her own, make personal decisions, control his/her behavior and learn to take responsibility for his/her actions.

The establishment of family roles guarantees understanding, cooperation, and healthy family functioning. It is important for well-defined roles to be established within each family, so that each member is able to handle daily life activities and the many changes that occur in families throughout the years even if this process requires much time and many efforts. In my opinion, a family is a powerful unit that serves as a great support and a powerful incentive. It helps its members develop and grow up both physically and morally. Along with these roles, certain expectations come for how these roles should be fulfilled. For instance, the parental role in every family is fulfilled via providing, disciplining and teaching a child. The development of a child, and particularly the child’s discipline, is a rather serious process that requires profound knowledge and experience in this field. In my opinion, corporal punishment is not needed to discipline children as every emotional trauma and negative experience at an early age, when the brain and child’s body are not yet fully developed, can affect the brain and the person’s ability to cope with various challenges and stressful situations in future life.

Child abuse and corporal punishment, in particular, are considered to be one of the most widespread psychological and social problems nowadays. The number of abused children increases every day. The terrifying impact and numerous negative outcomes of child’s development in such conditions make the whole world speak against child abuse and corporal punishment. The main reason for such a protest is that negative experience in the early stages of child’s development can harmfully affect a person later in his/her life and cause a serious trauma. Constant abuse from the early childhood till adolescence has a very negative impact both on the physical and psychological development of every individual.

As it is known, personality is always developed in several stages, and each stage plays an important role in psychological development of an individual. It is very important to get enough of the required social experience from every stage in order to form a mature personality. Corporal punishment is a traumatic abuse that can lead to personality disorder and both mental and physical problems. It is very important to avoid child abuse and protect the child against it in order to guarantee his or her proper development.

A child is highly likely to face a serious childhood trauma as a result of corporal punishment, and this issue can develop a great number of negative and crushing emotions for a young individual including anger, sadness, depression, and shame that should not be associated with discipline. What is even more serious is that without proper care and protection, such mechanisms and examples of abuse can become long-term processes and affect a person’s health and character throughout life. Corporal punishment and child abuse must be prevented and stopped at the early stages as it can lead to chronic state, and this can consequently result in more severe outcomes both for children and adults, such as certain abnormalities at the physical, cognitive, psychological, behavioral or social level. The main task is to prevent the extension of abuse into adulthood as a form of discipline. Moreover, there is a high risk that previous negative experiences related with the abuse and corporal punishment in the early childhood can lead to its unconscious repetition when the child grows up and starts his/her family.

The process of training and developing child’s discipline should be associated with training the mind and the nature of the child in order to help him/her become an independent, able to control oneself, dignified, and constructive member of the society. Punishment is also a part of discipline. However, it is one of the most negative and primitive ways of treating a child. Discipline is immeasurably easier to achieve when the child feels deep and sincere love and can understand and accept the leading role of parents without hostility and obstructions.

The main negative consequence of corporal punishment is the development of identification with the aggressor. A child chooses the side of the punishing parent, and he has the feeling that being aggressive and using corporal punishment is constantly needed in life. Then, this child grows up, and when he/she brings up own children, he/she treats them the same way as he/she was treated while being a child. The use of corporal punishment as the primary means of educating children passed from generation to generation; however, it showed mainly negative consequences rather than positive ones.

Moreover, if a child is frequently and severely punished, he/she does not produce the necessary sense of guilt that prevents the development of his full awareness of an individual. Without the foundation of unconditional love, a child cannot go through all the phases of development, particularly the identification with the parents that prevents the formation of a healthy psyche and self-esteem. Consequently, with an inadequate self-esteem, and even worse, with unhealthy psyche, every child is highly likely to face serious difficulties and obstacles in life.

The American Academy of Pediatrics as well as other medical organizations is opposed to any type of corporal punishment at home and at school. However, even in American schools, corporal punishment is allowed in 20 states, and according to the decision of the Supreme Court in 1977, schools can use corporal punishment in order to discipline children in those regions where it is permitted by local authorities. These data is only a part of a huge number of similar studies in the past decade that have proven that corporal punishment should be considered as a serious risk factor for psychological disorders in children when they grow up.

Child abuse and corporal punishment are great crimes, and nobody has a right to humiliate children and cause them harm. Children are little weak creatures who are not fully developed both psychologically and physically. Every damage and deviation in their development due to abuse can result in negative consequences. The existence of numerous physical health problems that children can obtain as a result of such misbehavior gives additional significance to this issue. According to the analyzed and studied literature, it is possible to make a conclusion that adults who had some experience of abuse or neglect in their childhood tend to have more physical derangements and abnormalities.

Being a parent is a complicated task that requires much effort and patience. Corporal punishment is one of the most harmful and long-lasting problems nowadays. This problem affects both the physical and mental health of a person and results in numerous abnormalities and negative consequences. The number of abused children increases every day, and such a negative experience in the early stages of a child’s development can harmfully affect a person later in life and cause a serious trauma. It is very important to avoid corporal punishment and protect the child against it in order to guarantee his or her proper development. Every emotional trauma and negative experience at an early age when the brain and the child’s body are not fully developed can affect the brain and the person’s ability to cope with various challenges and stressful situations in future life. The vivid signs caused by physical abuse are injuries that can be observed on the body of a child. Not to mention the usage of a knife or a gun as well as other weapons against children that can result in serious injuries or have lethal consequences. Any abuse is inappropriate due to the ethics and human rights.

All possible types of child abuse should be stopped and prevented at the time of the first notice. Data provided by the social agencies says that cases of corporal punishment have more than doubled during the last two decades. Damages caused by physical abuse lead to harmful consequences, and corporal punishment is by far not the best way to show children what discipline is. In order to achieve a good behavior of the child, it is far better to address him with polite requests. More importantly, the requests should be based on a sense of personal responsibility.The child should feel that he is equally responsible for his own behavior. A child instinctively knows that he has a choice of how to behave. When parents ask about how to behave well, the child feels that his parents understand that he/she is able to think on his/her own, make personal decisions, control his/her behavior and learn to take responsibility for his/her actions.

About the author: Jessica Sanders is a bachelor in English philology and sociology at California University. Jessica is currently working as one of the best writers at the essayswriters.com/ She also studies feminine psychology.