The most important argument in favor of corporal punishment, which is the excuse of most parents when asked to stop physical punishment, is that it teaches discipline to children. Conventional parents call discipline the use of physical force to make their children obey their orders. But in reality the discipline is of two types, as defined in a journal entitled “The State of Research on the Effects of Physical Punishment”, namely “power-assertive” and “inductive” discipline. Power-assertive disciplinary methods involve following a child's inappropriate behavior with negative consequences (slapping, threats, and deprivation of privileges) without explanation or justification. Inductive methods involve setting limits, creating logical consequences, reasoning, and explaining. (Smith, “The State of Research on the Effects of Physical Punishment”) These definitions of two types of discipline illustrate that there are other ways to teach discipline instead of using corporal punishment. But most of the parents are not aware of this and have the mindset that the only way to discipline children and make them a well-behaved person is to punish them physically if they commit any mistake. But this is not the case, the assertive discipline of power has many negative effects that are discussed. In fact, such use of power does not make children disciplined in the true sense of the word but makes them wild and as violence leads to violence so they do the same to force others to obey them. They think it's the only way to make others obey you, and they think it's legal to hit, slap, or hit someone who doesn't follow their instructions. So there is no excuse for using force to implement what you want and even causing... middle of paper ....../store/doc/Children_are_Unbeatable.pdf>.Smith, Anne B. "The State of Research on the effects of physical punishment." Ministry of Social Development. Ministry of Social Development, 27 March 2006. Web. 11 May 2014. "Summary of research on the effects of corporal punishment". End corporal punishment. EndCorporalPunishment.org, April 2013. Web. 12 May 2014. .UNICEF. "Educate, don't punish." UNICEF. UNICEF.org and Web. 12 May 2014. .