Is it necessary to punish kids?

Parents are divine gifts for children. They bring children into this beautiful world even if they need to go through a lot. They take care of children properly and protect them from dangers. They protect their children no matter how many difficulties they face. They don’t even hesitate to sacrifice their comforts for the sake of their children and to make better arrangements for their children. Taking care of children and guiding them properly while growing is not an easy task to do but they try their best for it.

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Nowadays parenting is more difficult compared to the past because the child of present time is quite advanced and their psychology is not so simple as the kids of old days. Those children have a powerful mind and that is enough to create trouble for parents as those kids don’t understand what should be done and what should not be. Children make mistakes and for that reason in the past parents used to punish them, but the kids of recent days have different psychology. I the past children couldn’t say a word after getting punished because of fear but now children hold grudge if they feel they were punished unfairly. Even for that reason, they can take extreme measures also. One year ago, I even heard that a little kid even sued their parents by the name of abusing child. So, the kids of recent days are quite advanced and complicated. That’s why parents also need to be careful with their actions.

It’s true that children make mistakes and most of the time they also realize it but don’t want to admit it. It’s the responsibility of parents to guide them and let them know what the mistake was and why it was a mistake otherwise, they will distract from the right track of life. Punishment is a way to let them know if they make a mistake as it’s applicable because the fear of punishment doesn’t disappear easily. I know punishment is a way but it’s not the only way to correct their mistakes. I think in case of unintentional mistake there is no need to punish the children because they did it without understanding the consequences of it. In such a case parents can have a good conversation about the topic and make them understand why it was wrong and how to correct it.

But if the mistake is intentional, I think those kids deserve punishment depending on mistakes. Intentional mistakes means they understand the consequences but choose to make the mistake and it will be foolishness if parents let them go without being punished because they will be arrogant in such a case for their mistake and it’s not a good thing. If they receive punishment, they will remember it and fear the punishment, but the punishment should not be extreme otherwise the fear of punishment will be gone with time. After getting punished it’s good to console them and have good conversation. They deserve punishment but after punishment they also deserve to be consoled by parents. It can be like if mother punishes a child, father can console the child and if father punishes a child, mother can do the work of consoling and it’s good for children and help not to develop negative emotion.

Again, children can do good work, and it should be appreciated. I feel there must be reward for appreciating their good work. The reward is not necessary to be the money. Suppose a child has done a good task, he can be rewarded with his favorite food. There are many other ways to give reward for appreciating them and it’s necessary as it encourages them to keep doing good work.