{"id":2432,"date":"2025-02-05T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2025-02-11T12:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T12:24:44","slug":"the-myths-and-truths-about-physical-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/?p=2432","title":{"rendered":"The Myths and Truths About Physical Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us experienced physical punishment growing up. A beating here for misbehaving, a spanking there for getting bad grades. Some parents were gentler than others, and many resorted to shouting, cursing and dignity-stripping punishments. In the end, they all said the same thing,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have kids of your own, you will understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And you do, to some extent. Physical punishment can be effective (on the short term) in getting rowdy children to behave, in getting them to listen to you when all logical arguments have failed, particularly when you\u2019re at your wits\u2019 end while they insist on breaking the rules. Children can be quite stubborn and unyielding at all the wrong moments.<\/p>\n<p>But the simple truth is:\u00a0<strong>No matter the offence, a beating is not the answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the UNICEF, unfortunately, we do not have enough data to accurately estimate the extent of child abuse in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 2014 DHS questionnaire estimated that: \u2022 93% of Egyptian children have experienced violent discipline. \u2022 Over 91% experienced psychological aggression in the form of shouting, yelling and screaming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s for their own good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No, it\u2019s not. And here are some scientifically-proven facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Babies respond to violence<\/strong>\u00a0from the very early days of life.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Violence breeds violence<\/strong>. A child raised with spanking and beatings will settle disagreements with aggression and later grow to accept physical punishment as a form of discipline.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">. When children are\u00a0<strong>conditioned\u00a0<\/strong>to hitting and shouting,\u00a0<strong>other milder forms of discipline become ineffective<\/strong>. They learn that to respect someone is to fear them.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A child\u2019s self-confidence and self-esteem are damaged.<\/strong>\u00a0They may develop sleeping problems and eating disorders. They have difficulty focusing and making decisions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">. And here\u2019s the big one.<strong>\u00a0Children who are often beaten are more likely to become victims of sexual abuse.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis is how we were raised and we turned out alright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A survey conducted in 2011 revealed that\u00a0<strong>96%<\/strong>\u00a0of Egyptian parents reported their children had received physical punishment at school, especially in public schools. While\u00a0<strong>42%<\/strong>\u00a0of caregivers believed physical punishment acceptable, and even necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers blame the huge numbers and lack of resources in addition to being underpaid and sometimes under-qualified.<\/p>\n<p>School administrations rarely respond proactively to complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Incidents were reported where children were hospitalized or even killed due to teachers\u2019 beatings.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a vicious cycle that goes from generation to generation until we no longer recognize that something is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand,<strong>\u00a0research after research condemns physical discipline<\/strong>\u00a0as a source of\u00a0<strong>mental and physical harm<\/strong>\u00a0that must simply be eliminated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It doesn\u2019t work,<\/strong>\u00a0causes more damage than good and has devastating effects on the long-term.<\/p>\n<p>So how can you acquire a mindset where hitting your child is not even an option? What other options are there? How does a good parent punish bad or dangerous behavior? How do you make sure they never let doubt your love for them, even at your worst? And if alternatives exist, why don\u2019t more parents use them?<\/p>\n<p>Follow us next week for answers to all these questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us experienced physical punishment growing up. A beating here for misbehaving, a spanking there for getting bad grades. Some parents were gentler than others, and many resorted to shouting, cursing and dignity-stripping punishments. In the end, they all said the same thing, \u201cWhen you have kids of your own, you will understand.\u201d And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-champ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champsnursery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}