What are the disadvantages of severe punishment for children?

1, the punishment for children is difficult to continue. Skinner, an economist in behavioral psychology, pointed out that when the threat of punishment is eliminated, the repressive power of punishment will usually be eliminated. In most cases, it is impossible for parents to strictly enforce the punishment for bad behavior all the time. When children know in many "wits and wits" that parents are unlikely to impose punishment, the deterrent power of punishment is no longer as great as before.

2. The satisfaction brought by bad behavior may make children feel that punishment is worthwhile. For example, children are punished by their parents for being too addicted to video games. In the eyes of children, the sense of accomplishment gained in the virtual world is far better than the punishment behavior of parents who are "strong outside and dry inside". So children are willing to take risks, and once they get lucky, they will even think it is an extra reward.

Punishing children often leads to bad chain reaction. In many psychological experiments, when organisms are punished, they often try to escape or avoid further punishment, and even cause rebellious attacks. In fact, the punishment for children is the same. Punishment involving pain and humiliation can correct bad behavior in the short term, but it will seriously affect the healthy growth of children in the long run. On the one hand, this kind of punishment will plant the seeds of violence in children's minds, making them more aggressive when interacting with others (those aggressive juvenile offenders in society are often abused by their parents at home). On the other hand, punishment can also make children feel anxious, fearful and insecure, thus leading to learned helplessness's feeling or depressive disorder.

It is difficult to punish children fairly. For different children (boys or girls, older children or children), parents' punishment standards will be treated fairly, even for the same behavior of the same child, it is difficult for parents to achieve uniform standards in different scenarios. This usually makes children feel puzzled, suspicious, disgusted and disgusted.