Psychological progress entered everyday life and the humanitarian attitude to the upbringing of children was shaped, but some people still regard infliction as an appropriate disciplinary measure. I strongly disagree with this archaic approach and, as a parent, I would never intend to punish my child, meanwhile, I find using punishment completely inefficient for changing the behavior of people. My attitude to the matter can be illustrated by several psychological statements.
In my opinion, parents should not punish their descendants and give preference to more efficient ways of changing their behavior. First, parenting requires the total understanding of responsibility for the offspring and their harmonious development with misbehavior and faults regarded as a stage of growth. First, obedient children are prone to get ill and depressed and tend to mature into dependent grown-ups who lack self-respect. Second, advancing personalities should be allowed to make mistakes while exploring the world to learn how to deal with their consequences. Parents are recommended to delicately explain to their children why some things are wrong with pretend plays performed of books read together.
The psychological effects of infliction are dramatic both for parents and children. First, punishment shapes mistrust between the two parties, second, it leads to significant children traumas, including fearfulness, onerousness, the lack of self-confidence. Next, though changing human behavior, patronage and fear have side effects. For example, they provoke aggression that is sometimes focused outside the family and develop such negative human traits as deceitfulness, meanness, and vengefulness.
Summarizing the psychological consequences of punishing children, I resolutely reject such an unethical and cruel methods I would never implement on my offspring. Inflictions of developing personalities damage their relations with parents and provoke serious traumas. Meanwhile, complete or abet obedience of a child can lead to serious problems in the future. Additionally, such measures, though changing human behavior, lack efficiency due to their outcomes.