Annotated Bibliography

Muhammad Anwar
English 1102
Professor Sarah Huges
4/21/15

Meyers, Thomas. Spanking isnt Culture, its a Cycle of Abuse.

Motherlode. Sep 24 2014. The New York Times Company. Web. April 21
2015.
Meyers begins by talking about the debate over Adrian Petersons child abuse
charges, and moves on to talk about his own experience with this type of
discipline. Meyers talks about how he received different types painful treatment
claimed to be out of love from his adults. Meyers argues that violence does not
improve your childs behavior or teach any valuable lessons, it teaches children
that violence is alright. Meyers explains that spanking is abuse that is passed off
as culture. Meyers urges his readers to leave the past behind, abandon this
tradition, and stop spanking their children.
Meyers believes that spanking is abusive and an unnecessary method in
disciplining children. He wants the audience to understand that just because its
been carried on for ages, does not mean that it should be continued through future
generations. Meyers explains that spanking only produces violent ideas in a
childs head and ends up teaching the opposite of the behavior the parent was
trying to diminish in the first place. Meyers is against spanking and does not
excuse it as a learning technique.

Navarette Jr., Ruben. Spanking isn't child abuse; it's common sense. CNN.
Sep 18 2014. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Web. April 21 2015.
Navarette begins by discussing Adrian Petersons alleged charges and goes on
to talk about the debate over spanking and why he believes that it is necessary. He
talks about how spanking and other types of physical punishment help teach a
child respect. Navarette believes it is weak for a parent to refuse to inflict physical
pain on their child and deems it a necessary component of discipline. Navarette
says that children must be afraid of their parents in order to respect them.
Navarette explains that the only way to teach respect is through fear and fear
comes from violence.
Navarette wants his audience to see that fear is the only effective tool in
teaching children how to behave. Navarette tells his readers that spanking does
not teach violence, but it teaches respect and forces children to respect their
parent. Navarette thinks that physical violence is the only method of teaching
respect to children.

Robbins, Mel. Spanking isn't parenting; it's child abuse. CNN. Sep 16
2014. Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Web. April 21 2015.

Robbins discusses the debate over Adrien Petersons charges and talks against
spanking and physical violence towards children. She begins her argument
comparing the difference between hitting an adult and hitting a child. She then
looks over the different types of arguments that are often presented in favor of
spanking. She talks about how it is different for everyone and just because one
individual can survive abuse does not mean others can or should have to. Robbins

goes back to Adrian Peterson and how some believe that since he is from the
south, spanking is part of the culture. She says that just because it is carved into
society does not mean it should be carried on into future generations. She then
talks about how some believe that it has to do with race and the ethnic culture of
the African Americans. She repeats her argument about progression and how there
is no need to stick to mundane cultural practices when we know better about its
effects today. Robbins discusses that this is not submission to the government but
a basically taking your childs issues into concern. She says that this does not
mean that parents are weak, but that they respect their childs integrity and would
rather choose not to inflict abuse onto them.

Robbins covers almost every possible argument that support s spanking and
dismisses it effectively to show her audience how unnecessary this vile practice
truly is. She tries to tell her audience that it does nothing but harm a child and that
it isnt fair. Children depend on their parents and have no means of defense
against them, they do not deserve to be hit for basic human behavior. Robbins
conveys to her audience that it is time to move past spanking and actually try and
make an effort to adopt better tactics to discipline children.