Research: Spanking harms kids
If you want a sad, maladjusted child, spank him or her.
Click here for reuse options!The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behavior, aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties, according to a new meta-analysis of 50 years of research on spanking by experts at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan.
The study, published in this month’s Journal of Family Psychology, looks at five decades of research involving over 160,000 children. The researchers say it is the most complete analysis to date of the outcomes associated with spanking, and more specific to the effects of spanking alone than previous papers, which included other types of physical punishment in their analyses.
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Suzanne McFly April 26th, 2016 at 17:52
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Mensa Member April 26th, 2016 at 19:49
I have had a complete change of mind of spanking.
I was (mildly) spanked as a child. Almost everyone I knew was.
No big deal, right?
I’m now convinced it can be a very big deal, for some kids. And it’s not that helpful for the others.
For starters — lots of serious physical abuse is hidden behind spanking.
Second, it sends a horrible message about hurting others.
Thirdly, there seems to be a weird sexual component to it.
and on and on.
There are much better ways to discipline.
dewired4u April 26th, 2016 at 23:23
I got my ass tanned a couple times a day with a belt when I was a kid. I was a wild and crazy kid and the more they beat on me the crazier I got.
bpollen April 27th, 2016 at 06:25
I have always figured that I have to teach children how to survive in modern society, not beat them into compliance. My mother telling me she was disappointed in me hurt a lot more and a lot longer than the temporary pain of a spanking.
I remember my father saying that it hurt him more than it did me. I thought that the proper way to punish me, if that were true, would be to have me spank him. He disagreed.
oldfart April 27th, 2016 at 12:16
This is a double edge sword. I was spanked as a child. as best as I can remember, when I purposely disrespected the limits my parent set for me, that was the “expected” punishment.
I viewed this (later in my life) as reinforcing conformity. I did deserve this punishment on several occasions. Boys will be boys. Times were much different.
However, spankings at the hands of an abuser (from most likely being abused themselves) is destructive without a doubt. Unchecked anger issues that parents may have combined with social economic pressures on the family unit has IMO a lot to do with parental abuse to children.
Spanking need not be painful or traumatic, I was never beaten. a “pat” on the butt for running out in the street could be the difference between saving a life and an out of control child bent on self-destructive behavior. Ultimately it’s a parents decision.