A_Spanking_Hard_Question

A Spanking Hard Question For this sociological analysis paper when I use the terms corporal punishment or spanking, I am using them as one and same. Now we must define these ideas and to do so I am going to use Elizabeth Gershoff’s definition of corporal punishment: “Corporal punishment is the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain but not injury for the purposes of correction or control of the child’s behavior” This sets the context in which the question is asked. Should parents be for or against spanking/ corporal punishment' What got me started on this assignment was an article I had read a little while back which caught my eye. Its headline reads “Spanking can cause long-term harm” with the sub-heading “Study: Risks outweigh any benefit of instant obedience.” After reading through the report it immediately came to mind that corporal punishment was a social norm in its own right but not so clear and cut about how widely accepted it was. Then I thought about the points brought up and how I could apply them to my own life and experiences. Basically, the spanking, spanked, children, because, child, punishment, out, one, corporal, research, psychological, just, going, think, report, pickles, ms, kids, hurt, don’t, damage, bad, am, wasn’t, very, though, stuff, study, something, parents, own, negative, must, gershoff’s, gershoff