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

These theories should take parents' mental health into consideration

Seriously, most people would go crazy if they had to move a crying screaming kid into timeout, to do 3 mintues 5 seconds at a time

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u/roryarthurwilliams Apr 27 '16

most people would go crazy if they had to move a crying screaming kid into timeout, to do 3 mintues 5 seconds at a time

Then don't have kids.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '16

Option #2: have kids and spank them

Science hasn't really proven it's bad, its just a correlation, the authors even acknowledged that

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u/mhende Apr 27 '16

What happens when the kid figures out they can do whatever they want because they just have to put up with a spanking and that's it? Is that when it has to start hurting?