[IELTS] Is punishment necessary for children to learn the difference between right and wrong People have different views about what is the most appropriate and beneficial way when parents or teacher educate children. While some argue that it would be better for parents to punish children with physical abuse, I believe that kids should be taught what is right and wrong with encouragement. In my opinion, people should learn things from other people’s encourage that could make you build your own confidence and gain more motivation. In my experience, I found it usually works when I taught my little brother if I encouraged him to do right things instead of punishing him to prevent from doing wrong. For example, I would allow him to play video games if he finished his homework before dinner, and he had actually done it more often. Such kind of encouragement worked in contrast to how my mother punished him before. Also, psychologist have developed some experiments about whether creature could learn things right and wrong efficiently with encouragement or punishment. They separated one group of mice into two, then put a white mouse into a maze. In one group, scientist would give the mouse a slice of cheese as prize if the mouse reached the exit, the rest of mice would be treated with electric shock if it went in wrong way. The results showed that the mouse treated with prize could reach the exit more often than those which was given punishment instead of encouragement. In conclusion, I fully support the view that people should teach children with encouragement more than punishment.