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Spanking
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Most of America's most influential child experts and pediatricians, including Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, Dr. Spock, Dr. William Sears, and Dr. Penelope Leach, are against spanking children of any age. Critics of spanking, like clinical psychologist Michael J. Marshall, Ph.D., author of "Why Spanking Doesn't Work," point to dozens of scientific studies that show that spanking creates more aggressive children, lowers self-esteem, and contributes to anti-social behavior, among many other problems.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, while it does not condemn spanking completely, argues in its guidelines for effective discipline that time outs are more effective than spanking....
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It seems advocates of spanking always have the same mantra, "I was spanked and I turned out ok." The question is, did it really stop the behaviors or teach you ways to get around getting in trouble? There are more studies that prove spanking is a terrible form of punishment than studies that saying it works. And there are tons of adults who were spanked who have chosen not to spank their own children. Ask them why they have chosen not to spank and they will tell you anything from, it's a humiliating form of punishment to it didn't work. In fact, spanking is a quick way to stop an action but not a method for curbing a behavior. If you want to teach your child to be a better person, a better way is through nonviolent punishment.
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3 weeks ago
I spanked my child for the last time
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