They learn to be controlled by physical, outside forces, rather than their own inner moral compass. The study shows that the more children are physically punished to control their behavior, the less self-control they acquire by their own volition. The more gray matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain (the prefrontal cortex), the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. The authors of a 2011 study from the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience state: In her article “ Spanking the Gray Matter Out of Our Children ” researcher Sarah Kovac discusses scientific data which found that children who were regularly spanked had less gray matter in their prefrontal cortexes. My aim is not to judge the motives of any loving parent, but to simply point out for your consideration the overwhelming scientific research on the negative effects of corporal punishment on children. But I would ask you to consider who you might be without this harmful form of punishment. If you were spanked when you were little, you may have turned out fine. Most parents have their children’s best interests at heart. But I don’t condone corporal punishment, either-and here’s why.
Let me answer by first saying that I do not condone excessive parental permissiveness, or appreciate disrespectful or ill-behaved children. So should parents use corporal punishment on their children? Webster’s Dictionary defines it very simply: “bodily punishment, as flogging.”Īn act by a parent or other guardian causing deliberate physical pain or discomfort to a minor child in response to some undesired behaviour by the child. Corporal punishment of children typically takes the form of spanking or slapping the child with an open hand or striking with an implement such as a belt, slipper, cane, hairbrush or paddle. Let’s talk about corporal punishment, and whether or not parents should use it.
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