在各个国家中,体罚都是一种被广泛使用并且常见的父母约束儿童的方式。然而,随着近年来儿童权利观念的出现及体罚研究的深入,以及人们对儿童心理健康的重视,体罚现象及其效应逐渐成为公众争议和政策制定的热点。这种争议主要体现在实践、文化和道德3个水平上:在实践水平上,关注的是儿童抚养过程中体罚的有效性及其对儿童发展的影响;在文化水平上,涉及到家庭自主权或儿童自主权的问题,以及谁应该对儿童的发展负责;在道德水平上,注重儿 In all countries, corporal punishment is a widely used and common way for parents to bind their children. However, with the appearance of the concept of children’s rights and the research of corporal punishment in recent years, and people’s emphasis on children’s mental health, the phenomenon of corporal punishment and its effects have gradually become the focus of public controversy and policy making. This controversy is mainly reflected in the three levels of practice, culture and morality: At the practical level, the focus is on the effectiveness of corporal punishment in child rearing and its impact on children’s development; at the cultural level, it concerns family autonomy Or children’s autonomy, and who should be responsible for the development of children; at the moral level, focus on children