Impacts of Violent Punishment on Children

 Impacts of Violent Punishment on Children 1 
Research Proposal on "Impact of Violent Punishment on Children’s Behaviors and Social Development” Introduction Violent punishment or much commonly called as corporal punishment among children is one of the many issues that school institutions, family related organizations and even most governments around the world have been dealing with. As it happens, all sides have their own perspective why violent punishments are necessary for the children’s growth and development. For the teachers and other educational facilitators, they view violent punishments (such as spanking) as a way to correct the bad behaviors of the children-students. Teachers reveal that it should only be in special occasions when corporal punishment should be imposed to children-students, and when it does it should be in a way that will motivate the students to do better and learn what is right and what is not. As for the family members, particularly the parents, violent punishments are seen to be part of the normal family life. Most parents believe that spanking and sometimes hitting their children is needed especially if their children are naughty and hyperactive. They need to do that so that they will learn to behave and act properly with or without them around. Bad words, as part of violent punishments, are not necessary but sometimes most parents could not help giving it to their children particularly during the times that they could not control their emotions anymore (as cased by extreme anger, tiredness and/or depression). Impacts of Violent Punishment on Children 2 With these differences in point of views, the impact of such violent punishments to children has then become worth studying. This paper will hope to answer the general problem statement which is: What are the effects of violent punishments to children’s overall behavior and social development? Specifically, this paper will be intended to answer the following questions: 1. What is the real definition of violent and/or corporal punishment and its relation to deviant acts? 2. What are the different forms of violent punishments that are normally given to children? 3. How can one categorize the various psychological and behavioral effects of such punishments to children? 4. What are the perceptions of some people who have experienced being punished when they were still young? Objectives, Hypothesis and Significance of the Study This paper will be aimed at studying the effects of violent punishments to children’s overall behavior and social development. Specifically, this paper will be intended for: 1. Defining violent and/or corporal punishment 2. Analyzing the different forms of violent punishments that are normally given to children Impacts of Violent Punishment on Children 3 3. Categorizing the different psychological and behavioral effects of such punishments to children 4. Recognizing the different point of views of some people who have experienced being punished when they were still young This paper hypothesized that violent punishments, though sometimes necessary, are only preventing the children to grow positively thus negatively affecting their behavior and social development. More so, it is part of the hypothesis that the more the children receives violent punishment – may it be in action or in words – the more that he/she becomes deviant and rebellious. Lastly, it is also hypothesized that people who has seen and received excessive amount of violent punishments while they were children tend to do the same to their own children in a way that violent punishments also become part of their ways of behaving their kids. The results of this study will play a significant role to parents and would-be parents, teachers and future researchers. This conclusion that will be derived in this study, when disclosed and disseminated to family oriented groups and family members, will initiate the necessary action from the parents on whether they should or should not impose violent punishments to their kids. This will help the parents and the expecting parents understand the value of understanding, emphasizing and proper ways of teaching their kids some valuable lessons. This paper could be helpful to school institutions for they, too, will understand the possible impacts of giving and not giving violent or corporal punishments to their children-students. Teachers’ and other educational facilitators’ minds will be broaden Impacts of Violent Punishment on Children 4 by the concepts and issues that will be presented in this study, particularly on topics that pertains to disciplining the children-students. Lastly, this paper will prove to be beneficial to other and future researchers who will study on issues or concepts related to children’s behavior and social development or to topics like children punishments. The result that will be derived from this study will serve as their basis and/or guide and even as a reference material for their own