Hitting children may be banned in schools, but a majority of parents are not sparing the rod at home, a survey has revealed.<\/p>\n
Around 76% parents use physical violence to discipline their children, while 67% resorted to bribing them to make them behave, said the survey of 3,000 parents in Mumbai and Bangalore by the Podar Education Institute, Santacruz.<\/p>\n
Corporal punishment involves hitting the child physically. Spanking, smacking, pinching or violently shaking the child were the most commonly used punishments.<\/p>\n
Of the parents who admitted to hitting their children, 64% said they did so regularly and 12% said they only hit their child if there was severe provocation.<\/p>\n
In 74% of homes where children were hit, both the mother and father were involved; in 21% homes, it was only the mother who hit children and in 5% homes, only the fathers.<\/p>\n
Many parents also admitted to emotionally threatening their children, bribing them or humiliating them in front of their friends, to get them to behave. While 36% parents threatened their children with physical violence, 23% used threats of sending them away to a boarding school and 21% parents said they even threatened abandoning their children if they did not listen to them.<\/p>\n
The study pointed out such disciplining techniques have adverse effects on the child.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, these methods may open up the child to dangers, such as keeping secrets from parents,\u201d said Swati Popat Vats, president, Podar Education Network. \u201cThey will rebel and misbehave in school.\u201d<\/p>\n
Further, threatening children will also make them easy targets for child predators, Vats warned.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaedophiles use threats to ensure children do not report abuse. If parents also threaten kids at home, they will not be able to open up to them,\u201d said Vats.<\/p>\n
Another popular parenting style is bribing children with goodies and gadgets. Close to 60% parents bribed their children with toys or chocolates and 31% with gadgets. A few parents \u2013 9% – used pocket money as an incentive.<\/p>\n
Psychiatrists said the lack of time and low-tolerance levels forced parents to use these disciplining tools. \u201cParents need to find creative ways of disciplining children. Hitting, bribing, these are easy methods,\u201d said Dr Harish Shetty, a senior psychiatrist at Dr LH Hiranandani Foundation Hospital, Powai.<\/p>\n
Such punishments will have long-term consequences, experts said. \u201cAny kind of violence on a child, be it a rap on the back or a slap across the face, is unacceptable,\u201d said Dr Dayal Mirchandani, psychiatrist. \u201cAccording to a western study, children who have experienced severe physical violence could end up with severe mental and physical illnesses in their adulthood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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