Part 1 of Essay
? 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 ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... 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). Several sources suggest negative effects of spanking include disturbance of learning ability, dissruption of a close parent child relationship, parents anger and emotion, negative self-image and possible adverse affects. Ritchie& Ritchie(1981), Straus and Mather(1994) report that corporal punishment creates undesirable effects on education ....