How does the children Act and child protection affect your behaviour management???
If it isn’t counted as child abuse and doesn’t leave any sort of mark/scar or bruise then it’s okish to use but that’s where it gets complicated. Cause if it’s your own child they’ve got to know the difference between thinking they’re being hit/shouted at for something that they couldn’t help and you just seem to enjoy or do it for the sake of it, and having their knuckles rapped/shouted at for something naughty. A child/young person should feel loved/cherished/respected and liked-if they don’t or there’s any doubt in their mind that their families/friends/teachers or a strangers feelings/actions are untoward then someone needs to step in and do something about it.
i think that initially it was a really good idea because corporal punishment was much overused in the classroom it did lead to a more thoughtful style of dealing with children especially those with real issues part of the downside is that if a child approaches you for a hug or wants to sit on your lap that adults now are looking over their shoulders hoping they don’t get accused falsely of something rather than just hug them back and reciprocating. however it has also led to a new generation of children who view the thoughtfulness shown them and push boundaries to the nth degree hence a rise in the amount of ‘yobbery’ behaviour ins school and in the street because nothing was put in to replace corporal punishment. this kinda unbridled behaviour leads to many youth activities being closed down with people refusing to put up with being treated like that and teachers leaving the profession in their droves finding alternative employment at comparable pay and 10x the respect and a quarter o
