Discipline vs. Physical Abuse

       I believe that when it comes to discipline, parents should try a strategy other than physical abuse to reprimand their child. A parent who hits their child is teaching the child that it's okay to resort to violence in order to get a point across. If a parent wants their child to grow up to be a mentally stable and healthy individual then he/she should practice appropriate forms of punishment. Instead of hitting their children, parents should take away privledges like their phone, computer, etc. I agree with DJ in the sense that a home should feel like a safe place to a child, and when they are physical abused, a child doesn't have that sense of comfort.
     Some parents may feel that disciplining their children physically is an acceptable disciplinary action because that's how their parents disciplined them, but that doesn't make this action OK. Parents should try different methods of disciplining their child that won't hurt them physically and figure out which one works best.
Jackie Wortman