2. Category of problem: Health
3. Level of problem/issue: National Level
4. The article concerns: If spanking leads to bad behavior when the child grows up or is it just bad parenting skills or a child with difficult behavioral issue.
5. Why this is important to individuals/families OR how does this affect individuals/families?
a. Some studies associate spanking with long-term emotional and behavioral problems. Others find
that spanking can be useful disciplinary tool.
6. What are your views on the issue / policy?
a. Spanking can effectively modify behavior if administered rarely and not too harshly. It is most
effective in response to defiant refusal to comply with milder disciplinary tactics, such as time-
out. Physical punishment, as well as other forms of punishment, does not enhance positive
development, but only inhibits inappropriate behavior. I believe that spanking is not bad.
Sometimes it's the appropriate response to a young child's behavior. There are other, better
ways to discipline a child most of the time, but they require the ability to articulate what's wrong
and what needs to change, to oneself as well as to the kids. The problem that is leading to "bad
behavior" might be inadequate parenting skills, or it might be a child with difficult behavioral
issues.
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