Spanking

A meta-analysis of published in the American Journal of Family Psychology brought together five decades of research, involving 160,000 children, and confirms that spanking is bad for kids.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has hardened its stance against spanking children as a form of parental discipline: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/05/health/spanking-children-healthy-discipline-study/index.html

Countries that ban spanking tend to have kids who are less violent: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/10/29/countries-ban-spanking-have-kids-who-less-violent/1809639002/

A study out of McGill University shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children there is less fighting among young people.: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181016131958.htm

Most pediatricians and doctors recommend against spanking: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-vast-majority-of-us-doctors-are-now-against-spanking?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=8f66aa77fc-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-8f66aa77fc-365490661 The analysis by the APA: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/spanking.aspx Some research on the impact: https://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2017/0731-spanking-can-be-detrimental-for-childrens-behavior-even-ten-years-later/ https://globalnews.ca/news/3642831/the-negative-effects-of-spanking-could-impact-a-child-for-up-to-10-years-study/ http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Ffam0000191

Research looks at the long term effects of spanking kids: http://www.sciencealert.com/science-why-you-should-never-spank-children  

According to a new survey, commissioned by the parental education nonprofit Zero to Three, most parents who spank their kids don’t actually think it’s a very effective form of discipline: http://time.com/4359686/parents-spanking-survey-does-spanking-work/ https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1425-national-parent-survey-report  

A new study from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan found that spanking children for bad behavior not only has no correlation with improved behavior, it actually is correlated with increased and negative behavior: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-decade-study-reveals-fallout-from-spanking-kids/  

Two recent opinion pieces on spanking sparked by the recent Adrian Peterson controversy: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/mdmama/2014/09/why_spanking_is_the_worst_punishment.html http://www.boston.com/community/moms/blogs/parent_buzz/2014/09/spanking-adrian-peterson-case.html Opinions expressed by contributors and commentators do not necessarily reflect the views of Dr. Rishikof. No expressed or implied opinions should be considered as an endorsement or recommendation of any kind by Dr. Rishikof.