What are the effects of scolding children in schools?

Question

What are the effects of scolding children in schools?

Answer 1

Children need examples and redirection to learn how to behave properly.  I would be afraid to meet a child who had never been scolded. As long as the intention is to help the child learn the correct behavior and it is done the correct way, there shouldn't be a problem.  BTW, I wouldn't count screaming at a child as "scolding" so I hope that's not what you meant.

Answer 2

That is an empirical question that can only be answered by research.

It is generally thought that scolding is a mild punisher that results in the reduction of the targeted behavior. For many children scolding is a punisher. However scolding as a punisher tells kids what they did wrong and perhaps why they shouldn't do it, but rarely teaches the children the appropriate behavior or a replacement behavior.

Additionally for another group of children a scolding acts as a reinforce. Meaning that it increases the likelihood that the target behavior being scolded will increase because they want the attention. And even negative attention may be better than no attention at all.

Answer 3

i think this depends on the childs personailty.. some it would make them withdraw from school activities some it would recourse their actions depend on the scolding and the child prob...

Answer 4

Scolding in a negative sense with no provocation could lead to:

Low self esteem

Disconnectedness from School

Decreased participation and lower grades

Scolding because a child did something very wrong means:

Don't do it again

These are the boundaries

Reinforces who is in charge...needed to run a classroom

Distances kids from adults...also needed at times