Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Physical Punishment and Children



Traditionally, parents, in China, often punish their children physically. However, in my opinion, it is no good for our kids.
The first reason is that hitting children can be harmful for their personal development. I found some of the children who live around us look very shy. When they meet a stranger, they often hide behind someone. These kids have lost their confidence as their parents hit them often. As time goes on, they are quite fearful to contact some others and their IQ losses a little bit. Some of these kids gradually become negative and they like to quarrel with anybody around them on purpose.
The second reason is obviously physical damage. When loving parents get into angry moods and nearly loose control, their booming power might cause serious physical injuries for their kids, especially from fathers. But it is only the small tip of a huge iceberg. It is more serious that the brain of these poor kids might be damaged. Someone will possibly suffer the damage permanently. Even, we read news occasionally, that some kids might choose to commit suicide to avoid physical punishment.
Last but not least, physical punishment has no use for our children. After being physically punished for a long time, children might feel horrible and terrible when they met with their parents. These feelings can absolutely damage the relationship between their parents and them. Moreover, because these kids can not get enough care from their parents, they might do not trust anybody any more. Much more seriously, they try their best to make some trouble in order to make their parent angry.
All in all, it is something like a war, which is not a good choice for the whole world, for our education of our kids. Physical punishment is not a good choice either. It can only make things worse. What we need to do is to deal with our kids patiently. That is the only way we can make our kids future better.

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