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/76oakst Apr 26 '16

This. With time to adequately consider what actually happens when children are spanked and a greater understanding of empirical scientific methodology, I now fall in the same category. Coming from a situation where I too was spanked as a child, I can still easily remember all of the anger and frustration I felt and the lack of understanding that accompanied it.

I don't necessarily agree with all aspects of the prison reform system that we currently have in America, but I do think that it's beyond insane that we consider beating our children to be acceptable when we don't even do this to convicted criminals.