Harms of corporal punishment of children in the media
What is corporal punishment:
Using physical force that causes pain (but not injury), used as a means to establish or maintain discipline. This disciplinary tool relies on fear and submission and reduces a child’s capacity to grow as an independent and responsible individual. Corporal punishment is one of the improper methods of disciplining children.
The effects of punishment on children include the following:
- Reduces self-esteem.
- Self-control is weakened.
- Promotes negative expectations of oneself.
- Teaches them to be victims. Today we know that corporal punishment does not make people strong and independent; rather, it makes them more susceptible to victimization. It has an adverse effect on their learning and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development.
- Destroys the application of reasoning in children.
- By preventing dialogue and thought, it weakens the capacity to understand the relationship between behavior and its consequences.
- Makes children feel lonely, upset, and neglected.
- Promotes a negative view of others and society, and they perceive the world as a threatening place.
- Hinders proper communication between parents and children, and damages their emotional relationships.
- Punishment causes anger and the desire to run away from home.
Effects of depicting corporal punishment in the media:
- The child learns violence indirectly and consequently mistakenly thinks that violence is an acceptable way to solve problems.
- Depicting children who have been corporally punished causes the child to face difficulties in social interactions.
- They have no desire to learn rules or they violate them.
Effect of corporal punishment on parents:
- Creation of guilt and anxiety
- Repeated expression of violence
- Reduction of parent-child interaction
جهت پیشگیری از خطرات تنبیه کردن کودک
بهتر است مانع از تماشای فیلم هایی که حاوی صحنه هایی است که کودک مورد آزار و اذیت و تنبیه قرار میگیرد بشویم و در ساخت انیمیشن و فیلم ها این نکته را مدنظر قرار دهیم که حتما محدودیت سنی برای چنین برنامه هایی قرار دهیم زیرا اثرات سوء بلند مدت بر ذهن و روان کودک خواهد داشت.