Spanking children doesn't work.

A bit of a "well duh" but here's more research that shows that corporal punishment of children is a bad idea.
The study reviews more than fifty years of research, covering more than 160,000 children and demonstrates conclusively that physical punishment of children is ineffective but can lead to significant problems, from mental health issues to increased aggression.

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Originally Posted by Elizabeth Gershoff, The upshot of the study is that spanking increases the likelihood of a wide variety of undesired outcomes for children. Spanking thus does the opposite of what parents usually want it to do.

So the Pope, Focus on the Family, and >80% of USAians, are wrong. Leave spanking to consenting adults.


Study: Spanking and Child Outcomes: Old Controversies and New Meta-Analyses.
Press Release.

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