Corporal Punishment of Children Is A Serious Matter

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

Corporal punishment usually stops the misbehavior in the immediate situation, but parents and teachers have no way of seeing the long-term effects such as depression or hitting a spouse because they do not show for months or years later.

Like all harmful events, most people who experience them, are not harmed. For example, while a third of heavy-smokers die from smoking related diseases, two-thirds of them don’t meet the same fate. Similarly, only a small percentage of solders in combat end up with Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome.

New Strategies For True Life Balance

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

If you are doing things because you think you ‘have to,’ then you need to keep a close eye on how much you are enjoying how you are spending your time. You need to determine how much you value each of the activities that fill your days. Once you have identified the items you have little enjoyment doing; it will be easy for you to determine which things you want to spend less time doing and which items you would like to spend more time doing.