Q. Our culture is conflicted about childrearing. On one hand, there are people like conservative Christian psychologist James Dobson who, through his widely syndicated radio show Focus on Family, has been a prominent critic of permissive parenting also an advocate for use of spanking also corporal punishment for disciplining children. At same time, corporal punishment has increasingly come to be regarded as a form of child abuse also is penalized by today's child protection laws.

In a four to six page essay (double-spaced), discuss current controversy about corporal punishment in child-rearing with reference to historical origins of this debate. Based on what you have learned so far from Claverley & Phillips' Visions of Childhood, I ask that you first trace origins of each view in Western Thought by briefly summarizing what you perceive as main point of each view. n discuss within each view, ways in which development can "derail" or go wrong also secondly, what each view imply about child development also how parents may most effectively foster positive development.