punishment...task 2

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It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
What sort of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to teach good behaviour to children?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

The role of punishment in child rearing has always been debated with some deeming it to be unnecessary and harsh. However, I strongly believe that parents should punish their children as and when required since verbal warnings are not always effective in children and the fact that being punished for an action makes children understand that their actions were clearly wrong. This essay will also present some suitable forms of punishment that can be used by parents and teachers.

To begin with, young children may not understand verbal warnings fully and reprimanding only verbally could reinforce the idea that their every action would be tolerated. On the other hand, if they are punished, it is easier for them to realise that their behaviour was incorrect and they become clear that every action has repercussions. In fact, the American Institute of Child Psychology mentions parents' ability to hand out appropriate punishments as an integral part of successful parenting. So, punishments are vital for negative reinforcement and punitive actions unambiguously mark the boundary between right and wrong.

Appropriate forms of punishments should encourage desired behaviour without the use of violence. For example, in schools, teachers can enforce detention that makes students complete their unfinished homework. Consequently, the students would realise that not completing homework is not an option. Likewise, fathers and mothers could make their children clean their room twice daily for every instance their kids choose not to clean their rooms, The basic premise behind these punitive actions is to emphasise that non-compliance to good behaviour is inexcusable. However, parents and teachers should always keep in mind that physical assault should never be a part of punishment as it results in physical and psychological trauma and could even make children violent when they grow into an adult.

In conclusion, punishment is quintessential to help children clearly differentiate between good and bad behaviours and parents and teachers should use methods of punishment that make children understand that deviating from good behaviour is not an option.

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It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
What sort of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to teach good behaviour to children?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

The role of punishment in childrearing has always been debated, with some deeming it to be unnecessary and harsh. However, I strongly believe that parents should punish their children as and when required since verbal warnings are not always effective for children, and being punished for an action makes children understand that their actions were clearly wrong. This essay will also present some suitable forms of punishment that can be used by parents and teachers.

To begin with, young children may not understand verbal warnings fully, so reprimanding only verbally could reinforce the idea that their every action will be tolerated. On the other hand, if they are punished, it is easier for them to realise that their behaviour was incorrect and they become clear that every action has repercussions. In fact, the American Institute of Child Psychology mentions parents' ability to hand out appropriate punishments as an integral part of successful parenting. So, punishments are vital for negative reinforcement, and punitive actions unambiguously mark the boundary between right and wrong.

Appropriate forms of punishments should encourage desired behaviour without the use of violence. For example, in schools, teachers can enforce detention during which students must complete their unfinished homework. Consequently, the students realise that not completing their homework is not an option. Likewise, fathers and mothers could make their children clean their room twice daily for every instance their kids choose not to clean their rooms. The basic premise behind these punitive actions is to emphasise that non-compliance to good behaviour is inexcusable. However, parents and teachers should always keep in mind that physical assault should never be a part of punishment as it results in physical and psychological trauma, and could even make children violent when they grow into adults.

In conclusion, punishment is quintessential to help children clearly differentiate between good and bad behaviours, and parents and teachers should use methods of punishment that make children understand that deviating from good behaviour is not an option.