RE: Child Disscipline & Cultural Controversies

["Miriam Mulsow" <mmulsow@xxxxxxxxxx>]

See Pediatrics, Vol 98, No 4, Dec. 1996 for both sides of this issue.

Miriam Mulsow
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
> [mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu]On Behalf Of
> Sharon Carnahan
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 9:36 AM
> To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
> Subject: Child Disscipline & Cultural Controversies
>
>
> I am giving a workshop this Friday on child discipline, something I have
> taught about many times.  This time, though, the audience is a group of
> family support workers.  They are mostly African American, as are their
> clients;  in addition, many are conservative Christians raised on the
> "spare the rod" lore.  Many believe that spanking is an acceptable form
> of discipline, although that is against the policy of NCPCA.  I've just
> learned that this argument (about spanking) has torpedoed previous
> trainings with this group on this subject, as workers demand to know if
> the speaker has ever spanked a child, why they can't teach parents about
> spanking,  and that the speaker does not understand the rigors of
> raising a compliant child in a terrible environment.  I want to bring
> these issues out in the open, not just wash over them, and to help the
> group reach consensus on a policy they will wholeheartedly support.
>
> How have others handled this issue?  I am considering a workshp in which
> we spend 1/2 the time deveopong a list of unacceptable ways of
> disciplining, before we move on to alternatives.
>
> I am also looking for written position statements on discipline from
> professional groups.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sharon Carnahan, Ph.D.
> Associate Prof of Psychology
> Rollins College Box 2760
> 1000 Holt Avenue
> Winter Park, FL  32789-4499
>