Liliana Gonzalez

Charles Freeland

ENG 1201

25 October 2020

Disciplining a Toddler

The topic that I am researching is disciplining a toddler. I am also researching ways that

are healthy and unhealthy for toddlers to be disciplined. Some of the things that I am finding out

about researching is the effects of some of the ways that parents and scientist believe are better
for a child. So, the question that I am answering is how to discipline a toddler?

The sources were logical and had some statistics woven into them. Although, it is

difficult to read the data graphs; the sources do explain the logic behind it. The sources are also

targeting parents and feeding off research that has been done for years over disciplining children.

Furthermore, these sources were found off Sinclair’s databases.

Some things that were repeated through the resources that were found are that spanking is

seen as being abusive to children. Additionally, ideas that were repeated were how spanking is a

go-to for parents. But spanking isn’t effective for the children to develop healthy cognitive

abilities. The sources also stated that spanking led children to develop more aggression than less.

There were a lot of disagreements about spanking; because it had negative effects

on children. There were disagreements on verbal disciplining. Such as yelling, scolding, and

derogating (Barajas-Gonzalez). This makes sense; there have been people who say to treat others

the way you want to be treated. So, when it comes to disciplining a child, why should that be any

different? It has been shown that discipline with harsh verbal and physical punishment has

negative outcomes. These disagreements come with the agreements between these sources.

Which were that they believed that yelling affected a child’s self-esteem (Bartkowski).

In conclusion, some possible answers to the question of how to discipline a toddler can

vary. So far I have come to that spanking and yelling can’t be good. But, to what extent is it

unhealthy for a child and spanking has been done for years. But, what other ways of disciplining
are healthy and allow children to develop positive feedback.

Works Cited

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Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Latino Immigrant Families: Test of

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Bartkowski, John P., and Bradford W. Wilcox. “Conservative Protestant Child Discipline:

The Case of Parental Yelling.” Shibboleth Authentication Request, 2000, web-a-ebscohost-

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Caughy, Margaret O'Brien, et al. “The Effects If Healthy Steps on Discipline Strategies of

Parents of Young Children.” Shibboleth Authentication Request, Applied Developmental

Psychology, 2003, journals-ohiolink-edu.sinclair.ohionet.org/pg_99?%3A%3ANO%3A

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Davidov, Maayan, et al. “Mothers' Knowledge of Their Children's Evaluations of

Discipline: The Role of Type of Discipline and Misdeed, and Parenting Practices.”

Shibboleth Authentication Request, 2012, web-a-ebscohost-

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Maguire-Jack, Kathryn, et al. Spanking and Child Development During the First 5 Years of

Life, vol. 83, 6 Nov. 2012, doi:10.3897/bdj.4.e7720.figure2f.