Children should be disciplined with beatings.

What do beatings do? Hitting creates violent children When a child is hit, they learn that violence is an aspect of life and resort to hitting each other during playtime, when they have disagreements, and in other situations [1. . http://www.askdrsears.com...]. It creates an idea of "might makes right" in the child and they believe that such interactions are normal. Children who are physically hurt have no other coping skill but violence. Hitting doesn't stop bad behaviorBeating a child can make them stop any misbehavioral action immediately. I am not arguing against this, nor am I saying it is ineffective. However, the child is responding out of fear, and is not actually learning any sort of lesson from it [2. . http://www.naturalchild.org...]. They are only aware of one thing- Misbehavior = pain. The child only learns how to get away with bad behavior or actions. The act of trying to escape pain reinforces the image of the parent as evil and anger can build up over years. Inevitably he or she will rebel or hit back. Abused children become violent later in lifeI will simply quote statistics for this. [3. . http://www.theannainstitute.org...]Adults abused during childhood are:- more than twice as likely to have at least one lifetime psychiatric diagnosis- almost three times as likely to have an affective disorder- almost three times as likely to have an anxiety disorder- almost 2 ½ times as likely to have phobias- over ten times as likely to have a panic disorder- almost four times as likely to have an antisocial personality disorder ·Numerous studies have documented that most violent criminals were physically or sexually abused as children. (Groth, 1979; Seghorn et al, 1987)·Children from violent homes are 24 times more likely to commit sexual assault than their counterparts fromnon-violent homes. (Dinzinger, 1996)·Of 14 juveniles condemned to death for murder in the US in 1987, 12 had been brutally physically abused and five had been sodomized by relatives as children. (Lewis et al, 1998) ·A study of convicted killers reports 83.8% suffered severe physical and emotional abuse and 32.2% were sexually violated as children. (Blake, 1995) AlternativesArguingArguing with your child (not raising your voice) is beneficial for him or her. Instead of saying "Because I said so," argue using facts and explain to the child what they did wrong and why they are being punished. The kid learns how to think independently and resist peer pressure. [4. . http://www.npr.org...] Of course, this method is more effective with teenagers. Time outsWhen a child is put in time-out, it allows them to think about what they have done, as well as allowing them to calm down. [5. . http://kidshealth.org... #] Some experts also say that they should only be kept in time-out until the child stops resisting, which teaches them self-regulation. Losing privileges This one is the most obvious. It is the most basic punishment and through it children learn that doing certain things results in the loss of whatever objects or activities are related to it. When they are beaten, they only learn pain. "In psychology, any stimulus that reduces the strength of a behavior in some measurable way is a punishment for that behavior. Punishment is something that happens to behavior rather than something that is done to a person. " [6. . http://www.cyc-net.org...]I am done and look forward to my opponent's response.