The effectiveness of using writing as punishment 10 Articles

by Tera Jean

There are two opposing viewpoints on this issue. One seems to be that it is the greatest form of punishment ever found, the other is the fear that it will suck the love of one of the fundamental skills required for learni...read more

by Acacia Jane

Writing as a punishment gives "sentencing" a whole new meaning, but I think it's a method that has plenty of excellent possibilities. If you go to bed thinking of bunnies, chances are you'll dream of them. And if you spe...read more

by Madison Briggs

While using writing instead of a corporal form of punishment would be a safer much better consequence, no form of punishment is affective unless it provides a learning lesson for a child. Writing as a form of punishment ta...read more

by Denica Samuels

Writing as a punishment is a widely used form of punishment, but does it really work, will it actually stop the child from misbehaving themselves again or for whatever reson you gave them the punishment? Coming from the pe...read more

by Carol Gioia

Using writing as a form of punishment conjures up an image of a small child in the 1940's writing, "I will not talk (or whatever the infraction) 100 times on the chalkboard, for the amusement of the class, and his own humi...read more

by Dominique Chambers

When I saw this title, I started laughing. I had thought that I was one of the only kids that wrote, literally, MILLIONS of sentences as a child. The ones that really stick out in my memory as repetitive were, "I will no...read more

by Stephanie Jordan

How many of you out there are searching for a new slant on disciplining your tween? There comes a time when you step beyond time out, grounding sometimes can not be effective (we have to go places ourselves and must take ...read more

by Sara Tremeear

I am completely against using anything that involves reading or writing as a punishment. When I was a teenager my foster parents had me write repetitive sentances and it did nothing. For some though this technique may ...read more

by D. Anderson

I can see the effectiveness as writing for punishment and even some of the benefits that go along with it, however as a writer and avid reader and just having a love of the written word I am aghast at other images that thi...read more

by Cera

My significant other's 14-year-old son was having difficulty remembering the little things...You know, do your homework, clean your room, take out the garbage (his only chore), when we stumbled acrossed writing as an effec...read more