Factors That Influence Middle School Parent s Decision

A. Background This Since the beginning, of this century a global tendency to abolish corporal punishment have been introduced to challenge old dependence on corporal punishment as a tool for reforming children’s misbehavior, according to Global Report (2008). According to Straus (2001) Corporal punishment is defined as â€Å"the use of physical force with the intentions of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, for the purpose of this control of the child’s behavior†, corporal punishment was almost universally approved of and used by parents in at least the first three quarters of the 20th century. In 1977, the US Supreme Court found that the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, did not apply to†¦show more content†¦Researchers indicate that it is easier to expect the occurrence of corporal punishment than it is to expect rate of use. In 1988, A National Opinion Research Center Survey found that 80% of Americans either agreed or strongly agreed that â€Å"it is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking Flynn (1944). Consistently, a massive number of students are subject to corporal punishment in state subsidized schools. Although, the different issues connected with the hitting or paddling of students, beating is legal document of school in a few states. There is no prohibition at the federal levels of corporal punishment in all public and private schools. II. Review of Related Literature The article that related to the research topic is this that, Gershoff co-authored that examined 20,000 kindergartners and their parents, she found that 89% of black parents, 79% of white parents, 80% of Hispanic parents and 73% of Asian parents said they have spanked their children. But why do so many black parents approve of disciplining their children that way? The answer is complicated, experts said. Some researchers have suggested it s a legacy left by the brutality of slavery. Some say it’s established in