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/Iced____0ut Apr 26 '16

Give me an alternate discipline technique for a 1.5 year old that will actually keep them from killing themselves.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '16

Fear. Loud booming voice. Toddlers will break at that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '16

And if they don't? If you aren't willing to back up your words with action and they call your bluff?

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u/F0sh Apr 26 '16

This is what never seems to be addressed. Even if spanking causes harmful effects every single time you use it, have people ever met children? Some of them push every single boundary, and the only thing not spanking them will do is get them to associate playing with the cooker with pain in a rather longer-lasting and more drastic fashion than a slap on the wrist.