Week 2, Post #2

When it comes to parenting I believe that every parent has the right to raise their child the way that they chose. However, there is communication considerations, or factors that influence the choice of one’s approach. One thing that I don’t stand for is mental or physical abuse to a child. When disciplining a child hitting them encourages violence and gives the child the idea that you gain power through physically harming someone. This idea could be carried on into adult hood and negatively used in future relationships. Disciplining a child should consist of things that hurt far longer than a spanking, such as loss of privileges. By removing your child from certain activities that they enjoy it shows them that these are in fact privileges earned by good behavior. People overstep their paternal authority when they cause bodily harm to their child or plants ideas in their head that their somehow inferior, which leads to lasting emotional trauma. Every situation involving parenting varies in some way and the approach parents take often times depends on many contributing factors.