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What the Research Says About Physical Punishment
On Jul 9, 12:07 pm, "0:-]" wrote:
http://www.uwex.edu/CES/flp/pp/pdf/punishmt.pdf 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. Does it matter what "research", or anything says? Someday, there may be only one person left to hold your hand when you die. Do you need that baby that you've smacked to be that person? Better sort it out well ahead of time, before the smacking. |
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