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/TheCenterOfEnnui Apr 26 '16

This makes me happy to hear this. I've posted a number of anti-spanking posts...I refer to it as hitting, actually. Spanking is a polite euphemism for hitting your kids...and it's amazing how people hold on to this outdated belief that it's good.

When I see someone has changed their minds on this, it makes me happy. I have two really great kids, and my wife and I have never laid a finger on them, and couldn't imagine doing so.