The purpose of my macro paper is to focus on corporal punishment and how it has always been a controversial issue that has played a role in society. Parents’ discipline their children in different ways in order to make sure that when the child is older; the child will understand what is right and wrong. Genetically, if a parent has children it is their obligation to discipline the child as they please. It is debated whether it is okay or not to allow stepparents to discipline children. Some individuals may feel as though children that have stepparents are the victims of abuse, neglect, or violence that may lead to death in some cases. Incidents such as these are not always reported because of the parents denying what problems the child or children have presented to them.
In American society, it seems as though stepparents have always took upon the image to be the bad person in the household. It is evident that the child doesn’t accept the stepparent due to the fact that the person is not their biological parent. Conflict may arise in the household because of the child not cooperating with the parent at all. Acts of violence may present itself if things become hostile in that particular household. It is felt that when individuals take upon the role of becoming a stepparent; the anticipation of conflict in the environment is provoked. Most situations may call for a social worker to come and help with the situation that is troubling the family. There were 27 confirmed cases of child abuse that required the child to be hospitalization and 105 confirmed cases that did not require hospitalization.
The cases that are presented have all had stepparents in the household at the time that each incident occurred. There are many risk factors that contribute to neglect in a family’s household that may involve a stepparent. First, there are poor household management skills