PARENTAL ENTITLEMENT AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Considers why claims of parent-entitlement are less prominent in debates about corporal punishment (CP) of children than about such things as religion in schools or the circumcision of male children. It is argued that parent entitlement should not be a factor in the CP discourse which should center...

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Published in:Law and contemporary problems 2010-04, Vol.73 (2), p.189-210
Main Author: Dwyer, James G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Battered child syndrome
Child abuse
Child discipline
Child protection
Child psychology
Child rearing
Child welfare
Children
Children & youth
Childrens rights
Circumcision
Corporal punishment
Custody of children
Errors
Freedom
Human rights
Laws, regulations and rules
Liberty
Males
Normativity
Parent and child (Law)
Parental rights
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Political aspects
Punishment
Religion
Rights
Schools
Social Welfare
Water
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Summary:Considers why claims of parent-entitlement are less prominent in debates about corporal punishment (CP) of children than about such things as religion in schools or the circumcision of male children. It is argued that parent entitlement should not be a factor in the CP discourse which should center on children's rights. Parental-rights claims based on either possession or control are said to represent a "conceptual error" since they really are a matter of "children's entitlement." Supporters of CP should consider whether children have the right to be or not to be spanked. Further, claims of parental entitlement have not been as prominent in discourse about CP as in other child-rearing contexts because they tend to be superfluous & only plausible in relation to concerns about a child's well-being. It is concluded that claims of parental entitlement in discussions of parental CP only "muddy the waters." Discourse should instead focus on the rights of children & "how much discretion or freedom they leave for parents to discipline their children.". J. Lindroth
ISSN:0023-9186
1945-2322