The Indian spirituality has given this revolutionary tool for mind handling, simple yet very profound concept, “The opposites values are complimentary”. Where coexistence of opposite is to be very artistically accepted, where loving and slapping go hand in hand, challenging situation and learning coexist. In subtle creations of nature it is there. Like in our breath, there is energy and activity associated with in-coming breath and relaxation and rest with out-going breath, opposites do coexistence. Coexistence of alertness and calmness together leads to high productivity. It is a method and as well as result of many meditation techniques here in India. Without imbibing this sutra in life the handling of this ever so tricky, canniest of all, entity called human mind is not at all possible. This applies to the child handing as well, spanking and at the same time elevating them love and care has to coexist.
The article does touches upon the opposites “Spanking at early age and better performance at teen age”. There is definitely a chance of parents and teachers missing on the subtlety into the message and justifying their violent at home and at school towards their wards. Many schools of thoughts mainly in western world stuck to their rightist or leftist ideology. Which is why they are struggling not only at human mind level but also at countries level. The net result is these result-less wars and killings!
With Love
Anurag
2 comments:
Child buttock-battering vs. DISCIPLINE:
Child buttock-battering (euphemistically labeled "spanking","swatting","switching","smacking", "paddling",or other cute-sounding names) for the purpose of gaining compliance is nothing more than an inherited bad habit.
Its a good idea for people to take a look at what they are doing, and learn how to DISCIPLINE instead of hit.
I think the reason why television shows like "Supernanny" and "Dr. Phil" are so popular is because that is precisely what many (not all) people are trying to do.
There are several reasons why child bottom-slapping isn't a good idea. Here are some good, quick reads recommended by professionals:
Plain Talk About Spanking
by Jordan Riak,
The Sexual Dangers of Spanking Children
by Tom Johnson,
NO VITAL ORGANS THERE, So They Say
by Lesli Taylor M.D. and Adah Maurer Ph.D.
Most compelling of all reasons to abandon this worst of all bad habits is the fact that buttock-battering can be unintentional sexual abuse for some children. There is an abundance of educational resources, testimony, documentation, etc available on the subject that can easily be found by doing a little research with the recommended reads-visit www.nospank.net.
Just a handful of those helping to raise awareness of why child bottom-slapping isn't a good idea:
American Academy of Pediatrics,
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Center For Effective Discipline,
Churches' Network For Non-Violence,
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
Parenting In Jesus' Footsteps,
Global Initiative To End All Corporal Punishment of Children,
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In 26 countries, child corporal punishment is prohibited by law (with more in process). In fact, the US was the only UN member that did not ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The vast majority of professionals agree that child buttock-battering isn’t healthy. A marginal few (mostly religious fundamentalists as those at Calvin) think that child bottom-slapping is good. They use the same selective literalist interpretation of the Bible as was used to justify “witch”-burning, depraved torture methods for those accused of sin and heresy, slavery, racism, wife-beating, oppression of women and a host of other social ills.
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