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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
Corporal punishment is all too frequently used in homes
and schools across the world. People seem to believe that
children require physical and emotional violence in order
to be “well-trained” or to be properly scolded for their bad
behavior. This is, however, a tragic falsehood, and one
that leads to nothing more than an escalation of violence
in our society.
as “violence”) we also lose their respect. Children are
much more perceptive and insightful than we sometimes
believe. As they watch us turn red with rage and then
explode in verbal or physical attacks, they know we have
lost control. They know we have no other methods by which
to teach them. Their respect for us quickly diminishes. This,
of course, pertains to teachers as well. It is so important
for children to respect their teachers. How else can young,
exuberant bodies sit still for so many hours each day? Yet,
when they lose respect for us as people, they
simultaneously lose respect for what we are teaching. There
are so many important lessons to be learned in school that
we cannot afford for the students to lose their respect for
teachers. We seem to believe that if we punish them
severely they will respect us. This is absurd. Sure, they will
fear us. But respect and fear are not even related. We do
not want our children’s (or our pupils’) fear. We want their
respect.
Violence leads to violence. Peace leads to peace. This is a
truth that pertains to countries at war as well as to our
youngest children. When we raise our voices, when we
become angry and aggressive, so our children raise their
voices and their fragile bodies flood with anger and
We complain that our children lie, that they hide from us,
aggression. We hope that by becoming aggressive, our
that they disrespect us. We ask why. Yet the answer is not
children will become calm, repentant and defensive. This
a mystery. Children are like sponges, voraciously soaking
is not the way the world works, however. When we act
up every aspect of the environment in which they live. If
with anger, we create an environment of anger in the
they live with lies, they will tell lies. If they live with
home. This negative energy persists, like a toxic chemical,
disrespect, they will show disrespect. If they live in the
in the home long after the actual fight is over. Our children,
vicious cycle of action/reaction they will only know how to
at the most receptive time of life, are then breathing in air
act and react. If they live in a home in which there is neither
filled with violence, lack of control, and negativity. And
tolerance nor understanding, they will learn to keep
we wonder why our world is becoming more violent each
everything to themselves. However, if they live with
day...It is not such a mystery.
patience, with love, with tolerance, with a tender touch of
teaching, they will manifest patience, love, tenderness as
Additionally, when we hit our children (and this includes
slaps and spanks, which many people believe do not count
well as learn the lessons we are trying to teach them.
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