“Discipline” Parents of different cultures in our society are searching for the perfect solution to raise happy, healthy, children. The controversial issue of using corporal punishment is constantly being disputed by many different societies. In 1980 a highly credentialed group of sociologists published, Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family. With eight years of gathering interviews and research they found that eighty-three percent of 2,143 parents interviewed which were all from different cultural backgrounds, admitted using …showed first 75 words of 1339 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1339 total…our ethnic background may be, and we need to nurture them and provide them with the skills to become independent. Although the use of physical punishment remains popular in most cultures, a growing number of parents are looking for alternatives. They are also becoming more educated in child development. The more parents begin to understand why children use inappropriate behavior, the better chance physical punishment, will be an inappropriate way to discipline children. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**