Physical Punishment in Childhood: The Rights of the Child
Providing a wide spectrum of views, the authors explore the fine line between normalized physical punishment and illegal or unacceptable physical and emotional abuse of children. It builds on the emerging field of research that provides opportunities for children to speak for themselves about their views and experiences.\ \ Provides observations from children, professionals and several generations from within individual families\ Discusses the power of language used by parents, professionals...
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Physical Punishment in Childhood explores the fine line between normalized physical punishment and illegal or unacceptable physical and emotional abuse of children. It presents important insights into this controversial issue from children, parents, grandparents and professionals who work with children. The authors reflect upon the status of children in societies that sanction physical punishment, the motivations and justifications for its use, perceptions of its effectiveness, and its impact; they also explore the power of the language used by parents, professionals and the media to describe physical punishment. This book will be of value to child protection workers, children’s legal representatives and practitioners, police officers, family court counsellors, psychologists who come into contact with children and families, those working in schools and pre-schools, and medical practitioners who treat children and identify child abuse.
1 Introduction 12 Childhood and physical punishment in historical perspective 113 Legal responses to physical punishment 254 Conducting sensitive and ethical research with children and adults 495 Experiences of physical punishment at home, at school and in public places 636 Public and professional perceptions of the effectiveness of physical punishment 937 The subjugation of children through language and physical punishment 1198 The effects of physical punishment 1419 The persistence of physical punishment 16510 The morality of physical punishment 20311 An ideal childhood 229References 235Index 261
\ From the Publisher"Publications such as...Physical Punishment in Childhood should help to educate professionals and the public, and advance the cause of children's rights in the United States and the world." (PsycCRITIQUES, December 2010)\ "It provides a very good summary of the history, language, impact and legal responses to physical punishment of children in Sweden and various English-speaking countries, with particular attention to Australia, the authors' country of residence. The strength and real contribution of the book lies, however, in the presentation of the views of children-voices that are generally not heard in the debate about this contentious issue though they are the ones who bear the brunt of this form of punishment. In this book, they are given equal standing with those of the adults-the parents and the professionals." (Child Abuse Review, 2010)\ \ \
