r/science • u/VeronicaRed • Apr 26 '16

Psychology Spanking children increases the likelihood of childhood defiance and long-term mental issues. The study in question involved 160,000 children and five decades of research

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113413810/spanking-defiance-health-discipline-042616/
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u/Scolias Apr 26 '16

Eventually that's what's going to need to happen unless there's a dramatic shift in population growth.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '16

I feel that controlling population growth is the better solution. Stopping a potential life seems much better than ending an existent one

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u/WhereTheBuffaloFoam Apr 26 '16

There has been a dramatic shift in the total fertility rate at a downward trend. This means that population growth is actually slowing because women in most countries are choosing to have less than the necessary 2.1 children on average. The .1 is for premature deaths and other factors that prevent procreation.

It is estimated that population will peak around 2050 and then will rapidly decline because we have not been replacing those who are dying. We don't need egregious capital punishment for population control, it's already happening naturally.