Carrying out discipline to a child is a critical task in parenting.
             Controversies and debates as to what should be the proper measures to
             discipline a child have surrounded the disciplinary actions taken by
             parents due to incidences that turned into child abuse. Among the
             different parental disciplinary courses given to children, this paper will
             provide a discussion on one of the contentious disciplinary measures - the
             Wasim Saadeh, in his article Spanking, states the following definition of
             Spanking is a type of corporal punishment, which refers to striking a
             child with an open hand on the buttocks or extremities with the
             intention of modifying behavior without causing physical injury.
             Spanking, as it was defined, refers to a corporal punishment that is not
             meant to cause physical injury. Parents spank their children in an
             intention to modify misbehaviors and misconducts. Generally, spanking is
             executed with hands. However, with an excessive execution of spanking, or
             inappropriate use of harmful things as mediums for spanking, resulting to
             injury of a child, is already considered as a category of child abuse.
             Incidences of such in many home environments gave rise to arguments whether
             spanking, may it be mild or in excess, is a harmful or harmless method of
             This paper will try to provide a discussion on both sides of the arguments
             related to spanking, which includes the proposing and opposing views. The
             main focus will be on two situations - when parents discipline their child
             with spanking and when parents discipline their child without spanking.
             To provide an understanding of the discussion, this paper will try to
             explain the positive and negative effects to children of each side of the
             arguments. Specifically, this paper will cover the pros and cons of the
             "Spanking can lead a parent to use more severe forms of physical
             punishment and eventually l...