Corporal Punishment In Infants

Corporal punishment in infants

Introduction

Certain images of childhood are recorded in the album of the mind as photographs, as scenarios to which, no matter how long passes, one always returns and remembers. Carlos Ruiz Zafon. The definition of child abuse as defined as the abuses and the neglect that those under 18 are subject, and includes all types of physical or psychological abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, negligence and commercial or other exploitation that causeo They can cause damage to the health, development or dignity of the child, or endanger their survival, in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power.

Developing

The presence of child abuse in current Mexican society through physical punishment as a method of discipline, its physical and social alterations. As Christian Skoog mentions in the Excelsior newspaper, he emphasizes that Mexicans discipline their children based on danger endangering the integrity of the infant, complementing with the statement of the official portal of the World Health Organization (WHO) mentions the rolefundamental of social policies to stop this type of aggressive behaviors, where Mexico is weakened in the application of effective norms.

Physical punishment as a method of discipline in infants develops physical and social alterations. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the issue of child abuse by adding its sequelae: physical and social.

Physical punishment and its incidence in Mexican society

Clearly the strategy of the Mexican State in the fight against child abuse is ineffective despite criminal reforms throughout history. According to Excelsior 6 out.4% of parents or guardians openly approve physical punishment as a method of discipline, the above leads us to the fact that Mexicans discipline their children in blows.

Physical disciplines are also known as: corporal punishment and arises from the use of force as a correction method causing short or long -term damage, mainly violating the rights of children. In the publications of political vertigo there are 2 cases of violent children, the first is Fernando a 5 -year -old boy, who lost his sight after his mother took his eyes because he did not close them to pray during a ritual, in the secondCase the grandmother of a small named Dominic, published a photo on Facebook where the boy appeared crying and tied with cinnamon tape in the mouth, hands and feet, the grandmother, argued in publication that Dominic was Being punished by disobedient, in the dutiesof the publication were ovations before such a disciplinary measure.

Corporal punishments are present in the daily life of Mexican society, however, the State must offer infants an environment of peace that does not violate the rights of children. On January 22, 2014, article 423 of the Federal Civil Code was reformed, the phrase to correct, to respond to the requirements of the Children’s Rights Committee.

Article 423. For the purposes of the previous article who exercise parental rights or have minors in their custody, have the obligation to respect their physical and psychological integrity, as well as observe their behavior that serves these of good example. It is prohibited to inflict the minor acts of force that threaten their physical or psychic integrity in the terms of the provisions of article 323 of this Code. Previously the 1974 reform of the same article mentioned that the correction and punishment of infants were allowed in a mesurated way as a right of parents together with that of education.

conclusion

This tendency to child abuse will continue, unless it works with society by making new non -violent discipline methods known. Possibly the use of corporal punishment in infants causes alterations in the individual not only of a physical but also social nature. Unfortunately, this type of violent disciplines continue to appear as the main method in Mexican society. According to data from American Academy of Child & Adolescent Phychiatry, it is estimated that children disciplined from physical punishment can present: aggressive behavior, fear of establishing new relationships, school problems, sleeping problem