What link is there between corporal punishment at school and creating terrorists?

Corporal punishment is the deliberate application of physical pain to respond to a negative behavior. At home as well as at school, many kids are subjected to hitting, slapping, spanking, punching, kicking, pinching, shaking, shoving or choking. Teachers as well as parents sometimes use various objects to cause physical pain to misbehaving kids such as wooden paddles, belts, sticks, pins, or subject them to painful body postures such as placing them in closed spaces in order to correct an inappropriate behavior without thinking about the consequences of corporal punishment on a child’s psyche.

What is the negative impact of corporal punishment at school?

Irwin A Hyman states that “Physically punishing children has never been shown to enhance moral character development, increase the student’s respect for teachers or other authority figures in general, or offer greater security for the teacher. Children who are subjected to corporal punishment in school, in my view, are being physically, emotionally, and mentally abused; indeed, there are no data demonstrating that students subjected to corporal punishment in schools develop enhanced social or self-control skills” edworkforce.house.gov/uploadedfiles/04.15.10_greydandus.pdf.

He also added that children victims of corporal punishment may suffer from various mental and psychological disorders. They can have difficulty sleeping, fatigue, feelings of sadness and worthlessness, suicidal thoughts, anxiety episodes, increased anger with feelings of resentment and outbursts of aggression, deteriorating peer relationships, difficulty with concentration, lowered school achievement, antisocial behavior, intense dislike of authority, somatic complaints, tendency for school avoidance, school drop-out, and other evidence of negative high-risk adolescent behavior. Moreover, corporal punishment does not have a negative impact on misbehaving children only but it also affects others who witness it in class.IN fact, the time allocated to punishing misbehaving students is robbing the witnessing ones of their full learning potential. Besides, they are losing their feeling of confidence and security inside the classroom and they keep worrying about being subjected to the same punishment which may inhibit their learning spontaneity.

What is the link between corporal punishment and terrorism?

Teachers and educators have to bear in mind that some students didn't have the right start to be taught how to behave, because of parents being absent, or their surroundings and circumstances didn't show them and lead them to the right path of an appropriate behavior and once they are subjected to corporal punishment, they will feel regularly humiliated without even learning what is wrong with their behavior nor what an appropriate behavior is. Therefore, they will lack self confidence, their school results will suffer and their ability to form healthy relationships will be affected. Irwin A Hyman states that “punished children become more rebellious and are more likely to demonstrate vindictive behavior, seeking retribution against school officials and others in society.”

The psychological distress caused by corporal punishment regularly applied by parents at home or teachers at school may lead to anxiety, depression, alcohol and drug use, and general psychological maladjustment. Therefore victims of corporal punishment may become an easy prey to aggressive gangs and dangerous religious sects where their vindictive behavior is accepted, encouraged and directed and where the victims will find refuge and may find the ability to form relationships through their aggressive behavior .