Reply #150: skinner! i don't believe in corporal punishment. and i suspect you don't either [View All]

[orleans]

:pals:

(and from one parent to another--just for the sake of reference)
"Academic studies have established that under some circumstances, corporal punishment of children can increase short-term compliance with parental commands, although comparisons in the same studies with alternative punishments such as one-minute time-outs did not establish that corporal punishment was more effective.

"The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), however, in an official policy statement<5> (reaffirmed in 2004) claims that "Corporal punishment is of limited effectiveness and has potentially deleterious side effects. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents be encouraged and assisted in the development of methods other than spanking for managing undesired behavior." In particular, the AAP believes that any corporal punishment methods other than open-hand spanking on the buttocks or extremities "are unacceptable" and "should never be used". The policy statement points out, summarizing several studies, that "The more children are spanked, the more anger they report as adults, the more likely they are to spank their own children, the more likely they are to approve of hitting a spouse, and the more marital conflict they experience as adults." <13> Spanking has been associated with higher rates of physical aggression, more substance abuse, and increased risk of crime and violence when used with older children and adolescents."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_punishment#Criticism_of_corporal_punishment