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Corporal punishment mus be the last resort in disciplining the child. In todays generation, corporal punishment is no longer allowed. You can be charged of child abused if you do punish your child the hard way. There are many ways in which you can administer discipline without using corporal punishment.

ONE ON ONE PRIVATE TALK with your kid when he made mistake is an effective way to administer discipline. Parents should explain to the kid that his behavior is not appropriate. And that he should behave properly because what he does really affects the way how he would become someday. The kids must understand that their parents would want them to be better citizens of society. What the child do or accomplished reflects what kind of parents he has. Generally, how the kids behave, reflects what kind of home environment he was raised.

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT is better to use than corporal punishment when a child commit mistake. Once you deal positively with your kids, the tendency is they will do good instead of being unruly. This is even applicable to the adults. If the child violates some rules let him do something that should benefit himself or other people. Like giving him a chance to go out for dinner with a friend when he behaves properly. Let him watch his favorite show, Let him do his favorite game, that if he will behave appropriately. These are some good things that the kids will enjoy but they can have it when their behavior is not acceptable.

Using corporal punishment could make the child remorseful and bully. why? because he felt bitter inside him.No body wants corporal punishment. This would encourage the child to rebel when the punishment is too hard for him to bear. It will make him more stubborn and hardheaded. Once a person administer corporal punishment, there is no love in his heart. Upon thinking of the word CORPORAL punishment, I can imagine army trainees who undergo severe paddles and smacking to make them prepared for any encounter. That is not the way we deal with our kids. We should show love when we discipline them. Heart to heart talking is very effective than raising our hands at them.

There are many kids who run away from home because parents are so mean in administering discipline. Using corporal punishment is one of the causes why children run away from home. But in todays generation, it is against the law to hit children. Anybody can report you to the authorities when things like that happened. The neighbors could report you, or even the child can report you to the police.

It is a fact that dealing with kids need a lot of patience. But there are some other ways to make them behave well other than spanking or hitting. In this generation, you can not keep the children in your home if you always hit them every time they made mistakes. Show them the love and concern and above all pray for God's guidance on how to deal with them in the proper way. Kids are our most treasured possessions. We are answerable to whatever they may become in the future.

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