Arguments against Spanking

For young children, parents are their primary role models. When parents spank their children, they send a powerful message to their children that violence is a way to respond to problems (Ramsburg 2). This causes children to learn that people can control the behavior of defenseless individuals by physically hurting them. Children who engage in aggressive behavior towards their friends and siblings are emulating their parents' actions. Thus, by spanking their children, parents are condoning the behavior of hitting regardless of the fact that they tell their children not to hit others ("Child Corporal Punishment" 4). Studies have shown that children who are spanked "are four times more likely than non-spanked children to show high aggression" ("Five Good Reasons" 1). Therefore, by using physical punishment, parents are encouraging and teaching children to be violent.

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