Part one of term paper
? Most parents want to raise thoughtful, responsible and obedient children. There are many discipline options used to obtain this goal. Now more parents are questioning the saftey and effectiveness of spanking to teach children to behave. To understand and answer our question we need to define spanking. Spanking is a form of corporal punishme ...

Part two of term paper
... anger or retaliation for a child's misbehavior(Williamson, 1990). According to Straus(1994) reasearch shows that most parents of today suffered some form of corporal punishment. Now however, there seems to be a reexamination of this type of punishment. The frequency of use has begun to decline over the last decade(Straus, 1994). According to a recent study done by Straus(1994) 94% of parents approved of spanking in 1968. However, in 1994 approval of spanking has dropped to 68%(Straus, 1994). S ...