Physical Discipline: Abuse Or Correction?

Holly WeeksPhysical Discipline: Abuse or Correction?June 9, 2019Physical Discipline Use and Child Behavior Problems in Low-Income, High-Risk African American Families (T‘Pring, R. Westbrook, Brenda Jones Harden, Allison K. Holmes, Allison D. Meisch & Jessica Vick Whittaker)BEHS 343 6385Physical discipline: abuse or correction?In the article, Physical Discipline Use and Child Behavior Problems in Low-Income, High-Risk African American Families (T‘Pring, R. Westbrook, Brenda Jones Harden, Allison K. Holmes, Allison D. Meisch & Jessica Vick Whittaker, 2013), multiple avenues are analyzed to display issues in African American households. Physical discipline has become more of a sensitive topic in the last 20 years. Some individuals consider physical discipline cruel punishment and also feel it can affect the development of the child. Also, other individuals feel it’s the only way to alter a child’s negative behavior. Research has shown that physical discipline is common in African American households. There are many of factors to be considered when physical discipline is happening in the home. When physical discipline is being used in the household practitioners need to be aware so