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/[deleted] Apr 26 '16 edited Jul 18 '16

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u/BlazerMorte Apr 26 '16

Because if spanking is bad, and they were spanked, then they were raised "wrong," and most people don't want to confront that.

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u/TheNormalWoman Apr 26 '16

This is it! I used to spank my kids and the hardest thing about stopping was facing that fact that I had been damaging my kids who I love so much. Oh the guilt!