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Parenting the Preschooler
Joan E. LeFebvre
Area Family Living Agent
University of Wisconsin-Extension
Vilas, Forest, Florence Counties
What the Research Says About Physical Punishment
Why do parents spank their children? According to
Murray Straus, a national family violence researcher,
the obvious answer is to correct misbehavior. But
another reason is that it's expected of them. In the
United States legal and social norms give parents the
right to use physical punishment to control and train
their children. Parents are expected or obligated to use
physical punishment "when necessary."
So How Much Spanking Do Parents Do?
In a 1994 USA Today/CNN Gallup Poll, 67 percent of
a national sample of American adults agreed with the
statement, "It is sometimes necessary to discipline a
child with a good hard spanking." The share of
Americans holding that opinion has dropped 20
percent since 1986, when 84 percent said spanking
was acceptable discipline.
Corporal Punishment: What Is It?
For some parents spanking means hitting the child on
the buttocks. For others it refers to all hitting of a
child, such as slapping the hand or the child's face.
Spanking, hitting, and slapping are forms of physical
punishment or corporal punishment. Murray Straus,
defines corporal punishment as the use of physical
force with the intention of causing bodily pain, but not
injury (which is the distinguishing factor for child
abuse), for the purpose of correction or control.
Is There Anything Wrong With Spanking?
Research on spanking has identified a number of
harmful side effects.
Aggression
1. Spanking teaches that hitting others is morally
correct.
2. When parents hit children for misbehavior it's no
wonder it increases the probability of children
hitting each other.
3. They are learning by example.
Not surprisingly, spanked children grow up to spank
their own children. A 1983 national survey found that
parents who had been physically punished beyond age
13 were more likely to severely assault or abuse their
own children. Furthermore, the more physical
punishment experienced by either men or women during
childhood, the more likely they were to be abusive of
their spouses. In societies where physical punishment is
rare or infrequent, the existence of wife abuse is also rare
or infrequent.
Frequency of spanking contributes to a child's aggressive
behavior. The more a child is spanked, the greater the
probability he or she will hit other children outside the
family.
Difficult-to-Control Children
Spanking chips away at the bond of affection between
parent and child. Children are more likely to do what
parents want if there is a strong bond of affection with
the parents. Several research studies have found that 40
to 50 percent of people, when asked how they felt when
they were spanked, said they hated the parent. Consider
how this would affect the relationship of parents and
their teens, who are often too big to control by physical
force. The only real resource we have with teens is the
bank of goodwill created through parenting over the
years.
Author: Joan E. LeFebvre, Professor, Department of Family
Development, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Reviewer: Steve Small, Extension Specialist, Family Life, UW-Madison
For more information on Parenting and Child Development, contact:
JOAN E. LeFEBVRE, Area Family Living Agent, University of
Wisconsin-Extension, P O Box 369, Courthouse, Eagle River WI 54521,
715-479-3653, FAX 715-479-3605, E-Mail
September, 1995 Updated August, 1997
Implications of No Corporal Punishment
For Parents
Less hassle
Better behaved children
Less child abuse
For Children
Less risk of child abuse
Less delinquency
For the Next Generation
Less street violence
Less depression and suicide
Less wife beating
Higher economic achievement
A less violent, more healthy, wealthier society.
Research indicates that children of non-spanking
parents tend to control their behavior on the basis of
what is right or wrong. Spanked children control their
behavior to avoid being hit. Spanked children tend to
see their parents as enforcers who stand over them to
make sure they do the "right" thing. They are less
likely to take responsibility for their own behavior. In
contrast, children with nurturing, non-spanking parents
tend to adopt parental standards and to assume the
responsibility for checking on their own behavior.
They become their own "enforcers," monitoring and
checking themselves, rather than expecting their
parents to play such a role. What this all means is that
if parents avoid spanking and diligently use
alternatives to physical punishment, they are more
likely to have children who are easier to manage and
better behaved.
Depression, Alienation, Lack of Achievement
Research from the National Family Violence Survey
found that the more corporal punishment a person
experiences, the greater the probability of being
depressed and the higher the likelihood of thinking of
committing suicide. Another finding was the more
corporal punishment experienced, the greater the
alienation. Also, independent of one's social class of
origin, those who experienced more corporal
punishment as children, had lower earnings and
occupational achievement as adults. This was
interpreted to be a consequence of the higher rate of
depression and alienation associated with corporal
punishment.
Other Arguments Against Spanking
Spanking as a discipline strategy can get out of
hand and escalate into physical abuse. Sixty to
seventy percent of child abuse cases began as
spanking.
Spanking hinders development of empathy,
remorse, and compassion. The child focuses on the
pain rather than the effect of his or her behavior on
others. The natural human reaction to being hurt is
a flood of anger and fear that psychologists call
the "fight or flight" reaction. It makes it unlikely
that your child will listen, think, or feel remorseful
while in the midst of a painful experience.
Corporal punishment used at the toddler age can
reduce the degree to which children develop a
conscience.
Results for adolescents are greater juvenile
delinquency-in reference to legal crimes, not violent
crimes. Studies present a clear relationship between
the use of physical punishment and delinquency.
The following three factors contribute to the
probability of a child committing delinquent acts: 1)
parents making inconsistent demands on children, 2)
parents using physical punishment, and 3) parents
punishing intermittently.
Changing Trends
The incidence of corporal punishment has been
decreasing since the 1700s.
Corporal punishment of toddlers has not decreased,
but changes are seen in the severity (not using
paddle and hairbrush) and decreased frequency of its
use and the age at which it ends.
Corporal punishment is illegal in Wisconsin schools.
Media and parent advice books are changing. Few
parenting experts advocate the use of corporal
punishment.
Source:
Laurel Swanson, Positive Parenting, Minnesota Extension Service, 1994

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Notice even this far back the acceptance for spanking in this country
has dropped significantly.

And what is it today, Doan? Surely you know, don't you?



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Spanking - What Research Says

A 1994 survey (USA Today-CNN-Gallup Poll) found that 67 percent of
American adults agree that, "it is sometimes necessary to discipline a
child with a good, hard spanking." That's a 20 percent drop from a
similar survey in 1986, but spanking remains a widely accepted
discipline tool. The notion that spanking a child is a parent's
obligation also persists.

Murray Straus, a leading researcher in the field of family violence,
says spanking, hitting or slapping are all forms of corporal
punishment. He defines corporal punishment as the use of physical force
with the intent of causing bodily pain, but not injury, for the purpose
of correction or control. Straus makes the following conclusions in his
research:

* A mother who has been hit by her husband is more likely to hit
her children.
* Parents who were hit when they were children or teenagers are
more likely to do the same thing to their own children.
* The more a parent was hit as a teenager, the greater the chances
that parent will physically abuse his or her own child.

There is little difference between white parents and minority groups in
the use of corporal punishment, although minority group parents tend to
support its use more. From the research of Straus and others, we've
learned quite a bit about the effects of spanking. We've learned that
spanking teaches kids that hitting others is morally correct. In other
words, hitting is okay if the other person is doing something wrong and
won't stop it.

We've learned that children who are spanked control their behavior to
avoid being hit. But children of nonspanking parents tend to control
their behavior on the basis of right and wrong. They learn to control
their behavior without parental involvement. We've also learned that
the more corporal punishment an individual experiences, the greater the
probability that person as an adult will be depressed, feel alienated
and have thoughts of committing suicide. Higher rates of depression and
alienation can lead to lower earnings and occupational achievement
later in life.

Here are some other things you should know about spanking:

* Seventy percent of child abuse cases begin as spanking. ...

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