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horrid

by uneducated

Feb 24, 2015

Spanking erodes developmental growth in children and decreases a child's IQ, a recent Canadian study (link is external) shows.

This analysis, conducted at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, offers new evidence that corporal punishment causes cognitive impairment and long- term developmental difficulties.

Debates around physical punishment typically revolve around the ethics of using violence to enforce discipline. This inquiry synthesized 20 years of published research on the topic and aims to "shift the ethical debate over corporal punishment into the medical sphere," says Joan Durant, a professor at University of Manitoba and one of the authors of the study.

According to the report, spanking may reduce the brain's grey matter, the connective tissue between brain cells. Grey matter is an integral part of the central nervous system and influences intelligence testing and learning abilities. It includes areas of the brain involved ...See More

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not too bad actually Wow, you cut and pasted an article. Good job!

We now have a generation of undisciplined, self-important cry babies with no work ethic or respect for rules/law. It is only getting worse. This is what liberal child rearing based on biased, foreign studies gets you.

On 2/24/15, uneducated wrote: > Spanking erodes developmental gro...See MoreWow, you cut and pasted an article. Good job!

We now have a generation of undisciplined, self-important cry babies with no work ethic or respect for rules/law. It is only getting worse. This is what liberal child rearing based on biased, foreign studies gets you.

On 2/24/15, uneducated wrote: > Spanking erodes developmental growth in children and > decreases a child's IQ, a recent Canadian study (link is > external) shows. > > This analysis, conducted at the Children's Hospital of > Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, offers new evidence that > corporal punishment causes cognitive impairment and long- > term developmental difficulties. > > Debates around physical punishment typically revolve > around the ethics of using violence to enforce > discipline. This inquiry synthesized 20 years of > published research on the topic and aims to "shift the > ethical debate over corporal punishment into the medical > sphere," says Joan Durant, a professor at University of > Manitoba and one of the authors of the study. > > According to the report, spanking may reduce the brain's > grey matter, the connective tissue between brain cells. > Grey matter is an integral part of the central nervous > system and influences intelligence testing and learning > abilities. It includes areas of the brain involved in > sensory perception, speech, muscular control, emotions > and memory. Additional research (link is external) > supports the hypothesis that children and adolescents > subjected to child abuse and neglect have less grey > matter than children who have not been ill-treated. > > Medical professionals investigating the long-term effects > of spanking have consistently found a link (link is > external) between corporal punishment and increased > aggression in children. Such "educational" discipline > correlates to higher levels of acting out in school and > trouble in academic performance. It predicts > vulnerability to depression, typically in girls, and > antisocial tendencies usually manifest in boys. > > Boys are spanked more than girls (link is external). > Physical punishment most frequently occurs at the toddler > or preschooler age. Parents of lower income and with less > formal education spank more often. Religious > conservatives tend to favor corporeal punishment, though > not always the case. The King James version of the bible, > Proverbs: 13:24, expresses the sentiment "spare the rod > and spoil the child" in antiquated language: He that > spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him > chasteneth him betimes. > > > Spanking gets quick results, but it doesn't reduce the > undesired behavior. In addition to detrimental > physiological effects, it may also inflict lasting > emotional damage that inhibits the learning process. > Physical punishment undermines trust between parent and > child and breeds hostility toward authority figures. > Being hit may subsequently hinder social relations in the > classroom where there is a power differential between > teacher and child. It is any wonder when hitting sends > the signal to a child that learning occurs through > punishment? This form of discipline pretends to be > educational, but is actually a way for parents to vent > their own anger. Spanking involves the learned > misrecognition of injury as education. Figures of > cultural authority, such as parents and teachers, may be > construed as purveyors of sadism rather than knowledge. > Corporal punishment undermines compassion for others, for > oneself, and limits the mutual capacity for gaining > insight (link is external). > > In 1979, Sweden became the first country to outlaw the > physical punishment of children. Since then, more that 30 > other countries have banned corporal punishment at home > and in schools. Yet it remains legal for a parent to > spank their child in the United States. Part of the > difficulty in changing the cultural attitude that > corporal punishment is an effective means of discipline > is that many view prohibiting spanking as limiting the > rights of parents. Here, the underlying assumption is > that children remain the property of adults and should > serve their parents' egos. > > In the United States, spanking has declined since the > civil rights movements of the 1960s. Most parents who use > physical punishment today express regret for it and scant > belief that it improves a child's behavior. More > effective means of teaching discipline are: giving time- > outs, choices and non-violent consequences for > misbehavior. These include logical consequences ("if you > do not pick up your toys, they will not be available > tomorrow") and natural consequences ("if you do not put > on your coat, you will be cold"). > > Parents who administer corporal punishment were often on > the receiving end of it themselves. In other words, the > cause of this form of "educational" violence are often > hidden in the repressed history of the parents. When > adults do not understand the connections between their > previous experiences of injury and those they actively > repeat in the present, they perpetuate a destructive > cycle and inflict their own suffering on their offspring. > The next generation continues to carry the damage that > has been stored up in the mind and body of their > ancestor. Conversely, parents can also work to become > consciously aware of their own childhood pain and > recognize how they transmit historical violence to their > children by hitting. > > > The effective teaching of discipline may have the > potential to lessen the overall levels of violence in our > society. In other words, corporal punishment, of which > spanking is a relatively minor form, can have larger > social implications. Some studies (link is external) > suggest a connection between the physical punishment of > children and the behavior involved in some criminal > assaults. > > The American Academy of Pediatrics and The American > Psychological Association oppose striking a child or > adolescent for any reason. Regarding how a parent can > best handle an incident of spanking in the moment of > regret after it has occurred, The American Academy of > Pediatrics (link is external) advises: > > Parents should explain calmly why they did it, the > specific behavior that provoked it, and how angry they > felt. They also might apologize to their child for their > loss of control. This usually helps the youngster to > understand and accept the spanking, and it models for the > child how to remediate a wrong. > > What do we want to teach our children? Spanking teaches > kids that hitting is an acceptable response to anger. > Showing the next generation how to manage rage without > violence is a critical life skill. >

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