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Violent Discipline Not Uncommon
November 6, 2014
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
-Katherine Hepburn
-Katherine Hepburn
A UNICEF publication, Inequities in Early Childhood Development: What the Data Say, reports on detailed research conducted on early childhood practices in 31 countries. A focus of the study on how children are disciplined came up with disturbing findings.
The report offered this statement about the impact of violent discipline (including psychological aggression and physical or corporal punishment): "According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children should be protected from all forms of violence while in the care of parents or other caregivers. But caregivers themselves are often the perpetrators of such violence in their attempts to discipline young children. Studies have shown that exposing children to violent forms of discipline has harmful consequences that children may carry into adulthood; these consequences vary according to the nature, extent, and severity of exposure."
The study found that violent forms of discipline are extremely common. The percentage of children 2 – 4 years old who experience such forms of violence ranged from 41% in Bosnia and Herzegovina to 94% in Vietnam.
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Displaying All 3 CommentsHouse of Neuville Jewels
Dallas, Texas, United States
It is never right to hit a child. I was in the ece classroom for 20 yrs, and the Conflict Resolution 6 step method worked the best for all concerned. All schools all ages should make that school policy, and train teachers & students.💝
House of Neuville
Dallas, TX, United States
Yes, I found making home visits with my preschool & kindergarten children, as the best way to demonstrate adult/child interaction, by having the family make playdough together, or invite parents to get involved in activities in the classroom. Parents and caregivers need to see a new way to be with children. They are stuck, and just need to be exposed to the dap way.
United States
I have had the pleasure of working in early childhood education for over 20 years. The schools I have worked in treated children effectively, fairly and with love and respect. I am extremely disheartened by the fact that we have not come as far as we would like to think we have with the discipline of young children. This is the United States of America! Corporal punishment, humiliation, harassment and verbal abuse should be things of the past. Sadly, they are not and we still have a long way to go.
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