The media has done its fare share of depicting the arguments on corporal punishment. On May 16, 2008 episode of the Dr. Phill entitled “ How far will you go?” where the guest talk about the struggles of parenting and their personal feeling and practices towards spanking. The opening scene reveals a fact “Every one out of two parents spank their kid” The first guest is a mother that says that “ I don’t remember a time when I did not spank my children out of anger…sometimes I leave my kids home at least two or three times a day so that I don’t get mad and hurt them”. Her husband reveals” When Monica spanks the kids she does it when she is angry, she can lose control.” Supporters of corporal punishment might argues that she is not “doing it right” and that she needs to realize that she is in control. However those that oppose corporal punishment might deem the mother as a horrible parent and an abusive mother. Dr Phil tells the couple “ You are not punishing your children, you are abusing.” (Dr. Phill 2008) The father (in the clips) seemed to show a lack of interest in the subject matter while his wife is in tears. Monica (the mother) is tired of being so angry with her children that she takes her frustration out on them by spanking and yelling at them. Monica shared that as a childe she was spanked and that “It worked for us” so she figured that she was in rehab and that the other siblings were rebelling against her parents as well. Dr. Phill like man that oppose corporal punishment, tries to get Monica to see that corporal punishment did not “Work” instead it has become one of the main contribution factors in her abuse of her children. This segment in particular supports the claim that spanking does affect future parenting skills and has later psychological effects.
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