Topic > The importance of punishment in child development

This also affects the child's academic performance. Another example mentioned by Seltzer is that corporal punishment leads to increased aggression, which in this case the child is destructive or destructive in different contexts such as school and other occasions. Furthermore, the child later in life is related to drug and alcohol abuse. At the end of the article, Seltzer argues that forms of corporal punishment are not the answer either. If the child is nevertheless given an aggressive response, rather than manipulation, yelling, scolding, threats or verbal reactions to children's misbehavior, this can have significant negative consequences on the child's mental and emotional development. Seltzer offers ways for a parent to use a less negative response when approached with bad child behavior, for example; more respectful towards the child in letting him know in advance which specific behavior is wrong to carry out, without emotions and, finally, more appropriate with the unacceptable behaviour. Even though these are still punishments, the child will still receive the message that these performances are not wrong but