Blog #6

In the first picture, the structural perspective that I received by looking at it is that if you spank your child for an action done or something said that was inappropriate it is not child abuse it is a form of discipline so that the child may not do it again. "Spank" means "to strike on the buttocks with an open hand." A mission statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) describes it as "striking a child with an open hand on the buttocks or extremities with the intention of modifying behavior without causing physical injury." But if you ask ten moms and dads especially from different countries they have a different perspective on what spanking means.

In the second picture, the structural perspective I received by looking at it is that they (the African parent) can view something that they also have done as something bad but they continue to do it any way. My parents are from Ghana and I can tell you that getting a spanking by the hand or by a belt is a form of discipline. If you did something wrong, if you were not serious about your studies at home, or if your room is untidy and you were told several times on what you should be doing, a beating is what you were getting. When I attended a Caribbean school the teachers had the same perspective on disciplining children and my father will also give them the permission to spank me if I was misbehaving in any way, if I missed homework, and especially if I was disrespectful.

Blog Post #5

Many sociological issues that are presented to the public are usually through popular media.  With the availability of popular media this gives individuals the access to be update on the sociological issues that are occurring around the world or simply in their neighborhood. Some of these popular media tend to focus much on who is the affected person other then the person who caused someone to be affected. In one of the articles about family issues and the effects on children, it discussed a lot about the mechanism children use to help with things going on at home. Some of the mechanisms used are tantrums and misbehavior in school. They do that to help their parent stray away from the problems they may be having whether it is marital issues or financial issues. What i dod wanna know is does the action of the child put more stress on the parents issues or does it actually help the parents with their stress.

Throughout the readings posted by my peers I do realize that there are some very controversial issues that can bring out the sociological perspectives of people especially the article about religion and sexuality. The article about the statement made by Nashville and how immoral one is if they are homosexual. This caught m attention the most because in Christianity all people should be accepted regardless of whatever the sin is. Bashing human beings, and kicking your child out of the house because of who she is regardless if it does not go with your beliefs makes you hypocritical.

There were many popular media's that were interesting to read and got my attention with their title and topic which is one thing I noticed about popular media is the eye-catching heading or title.