"But I would like to take a different approach. I would like to suggest that we can make some headway by considering that human behaviors are caused by their feelings, and if we can put words to the feelings (verbalization), we will go a long way to stopping physical punishment."
"Darwin dealt in detail with humans and evolution in 1871 with The Descent of Man. Then, in 1872, he published a remarkable book on emotions, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. He studied various feelings and emotions among humans and animals, paving the way for understanding various feelings and how they were expressed: surprise, fear, joy, anger, shame, shyness, anxiety, grief, contempt, and many more."
"This study of emotions-their triggers and expressions-helped set the stage for the 20th-century explosion in psychology, treatment, and understanding the role of feelings on human actions, and why physical punishment of children occurs."
Physical punishment of children causes psychological and physical harm. Seventy countries have banned physical punishment of children, while the United States has not and 16 states still allow it in schools. Human behaviors are driven by feelings, and putting words to feelings (verbalization) can change behavior and reduce the use of physical punishment. Charles Darwin documented emotional expressions across species and identified many basic feelings and their triggers. Anny Katan was a child psychologist/psychoanalyst born in Vienna, providing a clinical perspective. Emotion research and therapeutic practice support verbalization as a path to less punitive discipline.
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