Blog Post #3

Children misbehave. This is a fact. Many children are obedient sometimes, and many children are not. This is also a fact. When wrong things are done, consequences are made; one more fact amongst many.

When children misbehave, many parents punish them, as they should. Stating this does not mean I support terrible, cruel punishments. It simply means I understand why people do them. Children must learn right from wrong, which is why punishments are made in the first place. It's to teach them what they are allowed to do (what is "right") and what they aren't allowed to do (what is "wrong"). This being said, I would like to admit right now that I do not support cruel punishments for children, nor do I think it is okay for children's punishments to be posted online for everyone to see. 

First of all, I don't think it's good that one would have to punish their child. These things shouldn't be taken lightly. Punishments are punishments, no matter the setting. Whether it be at school or at home, punishments are something that no one should want. I mean, punishments are given to someone when they have done something bad. Why would someone want the world to know that their child did a bad thing? It doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't parent want people to know the good things their child has done? Their many achievments? 

The thing with punishments too is, they aren't a joke, either. Sure, it may be funny from outside looking in, but when you are the one receiving the punishment, it isn't as funny I can assure you that. For example, I always see different posts talking about how someone punished their kid, and they had to do something "funny" and "bad" after. Most of these posts include photos of what they had to do. At first I might laugh at the absurdity of it, but most times I feel sorry for the child. Their face has now been put up on the internet for many people to see, and the embarassment they feel at that moment in time must be huge. Especially when that post gets many likes, and when the photo of his/her face gets used over and over and over again, each time having a different note attached to it, pushing his name down into the dirt even further. 

While many people think this may be a great idea, I think the exact opposite. I think it is a terribly mean one that I would never use on my child, should I decide to have one. I think it is cruel to put your child through that much hurt. You are basically setting them up for bullying and teasing; and who would ever want that? We are all trying so hard to get rid of that stuff. Why set someone up to get knocked down and bullied when that's one of the main things we have been trying to prevent? 

The whole thing makes no sense whatsoever to me. 

Not at all.