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4th March 2008

New Study on the Long-term effects of Spanking

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Sure, you think you know why to spank or not spank. I’m sure you’ve got a list of reasons and reading material as well as experience to support your stance. That’s all fine and dandy, but I highly recommend that you take a look at this new study on the long term effects of spanking. It is really interesting - according to the study “spanking kids increases their risk of sexual problems as adults” then goes on to say that teens and young adults who were spanked were “more likely to coerce dating partners into having sex or to engage in risky or masochistic sex.”(Murray Straus) Yikes!!!

Further into the article on researcher says another thing spanking teaches children “is that if you have the power in a relationship, you can use aggression to get your way. “(Elizabeth Gershoff)

Interesting stuff!!! Just something more for those of you with little ones to use when considering if you want to spank or not.

Read the full article from Newsweek here.

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  1. 1 On March 16th, 2008, Vickie said:

    This is just another thing that teaches our kids to be pansies. so many kids get spankin’s growing up. i did and i am not some satomasochistic sex freak, i never conned anyone into have sex with me… kids need to know their limits and to much today parents are afraid of their kids and what they might say to someone about being diciplined. i believe in time-outs but i also believe that they don’t always work.
    my mother in law came from a family that did not EVER spank but when she became a grandma she realized that sometimes it is a necessary evil as are many things in becoming a parent like telling your child NO!

  2. 2 On March 31st, 2008, Trevor Mardell said:

    It’s all about language. Young kids do not have the verbal skills or the reasoning power to understand adult language, and hence body language, which they do understand is required.

    Implicitly they will recognise the facial look of displeasure, and where it is necessary, the quick smack on the hand or rear. A “smack” that leaves a permanent mark, or other damage is NOT a smack - it is abuse. Like adults yelling when quiet speech is all that is needed. Kids need limits, and when they cannot be reasoned with, then it is necessary, otherwise they grow up a mess.

    Like the warning on the pill bottles …” if symptoms persist, seek the help of a professional”. Same goes for kids. If you have to smack more than the odd occasion, then you need to get other help.

    Trevor

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