It’s time to rethink how we punish children

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• Joe Turkey 11 years ago

  We've heard all these stupid talk before. This is recycled research and there's nothing new. This crusade started in the Western countries in the sixties. This writer would have been making some contribution to society - both ...
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  We've heard all these stupid talk before. This is recycled research and there's nothing new. This crusade started in the Western countries in the sixties. This writer would have been making some contribution to society - both developing and developed - if she could tell us the effect of the "no punishment" changes on the children born in those western countries within the period. It's stupid, indeed plagiarism, to just parrot what we have heard for years, with negative consequences.

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• Astrid 11 years ago

  I am from a Western country , and I have been a teacher for thirty years. I know that "no punishment" works!

  I am from a Western country , and I have been a teacher for thirty years. I know that "no punishment" works!

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• Boateng-USA. 11 years ago

  Lisa, you have pointed to the roots of many of the human problems in Africa. For example, Punishment is used in some cases to intimidate children to submit to authority. This form of punishment may lead to some children not a ...
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  Lisa, you have pointed to the roots of many of the human problems in Africa. For example, Punishment is used in some cases to intimidate children to submit to authority. This form of punishment may lead to some children not able to freely express themselves in public discourse in later life.

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