It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? What sort of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to teach good behaviour to children?

Punishing children at an early age to make them learn correct and incorrect actions
is
Suggestion
are
debatable. Some people think it is important to punish kids at
small age
Suggestion
the small age
a small age
small ages
to help them distinct or
differenciate
mark as different
differentiate
right and wrong acts.
This
essay will discuss why
punishment
is not the best option
on
Suggestion
for
small kids and would be appropriate only as a
last
resort. Explaining what they did and helping children identify their
action
by elaborating the effects caused by their actions would be best
solution
Suggestion
solved
. Often shouting or yelling at a child on the instance of mistake committed, could put them in fearful state and might break their confidence.
For example
, a child might try to avoid something new or even skip a new task fearing that an unsuccessful outcome might cause them trouble or
punishment
. Proper explanation of
consiquences
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
consequences
consequence
would help them understand their mistake.
Otherwise
, showing the outcome of an incorrect
action
would help them adopt corrective measures easily.
Instead
,
punishment
could
develope
make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
develop
hatredness
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
hatreds
in the child and stop them from sharing things.
For instance
, an act of throwing an empty can on
road
Suggestion
the road
, could be corrected by explaining the consequence of someone getting hurt or falling down by stamping over it. Making kids understand the outcome of wrong doings will help them realise the effects of their
action
.
Punishment
should only be a
last
resort for corrective
action
.
However
, parents or teacher can use the
unharmful
techniques
such
as no playing hour for a day or two, not allowing movies for a week, no outing or fishing on
weekend
Suggestion
weekends
the weekend
a weekend
and so on. Educating kids on effects of
worng
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
wrong
doings would
creat
make or cause to be or to become
create
creates
a better understanding and help them learn why they should not do that.
This
essay concludes saying
punishment
is not the best method to help children learn right and wrong at an early age.
Therefore
, it is
adivisable
worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
advisable
to use
punishment
as the
last
option,
instead
educating them on the outcomes of right and wrong acts would be
the wiser
Suggestion
the wisest
decision.
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