Posted on March 19, 2009 in latest news
Spanking may do more harm to your child than good. According to a new report, which examined about 100 years of research, spanking makes kids aggressive and defiant. This report which is named “Report On Physical Punishment In The United States” is approved by American Academy of Pediatrics and American Medical Association
Why Spanking Does Not Work?
According to the author of the report, Elizabeth Gershoff from the University of Michigan, spanking may work in the short-term, but it fails in the long-term. It was found in this research that spanking fails in building appropriate behavior in kids. Spanking can have negative outcomes such as aggressiveness and defiance.
Spanking conveys a wrong message to a child that violence is ok. Spanking can also interfere with the parent-child relationship. Hence, it is always better to use other forms of disciple rather than spanking
Parents spank to get attention from their kids and to make them listen. However, there are other ways of getting attention such as being firm, teaching or explaining why the behavior is wrong, verbal reprimands such as raising the voice, and cutting down on privileges such as pocket money etc.
According to the author, Elizabeth Gershoff, no research till now has proved that spanking is beneficial. Also, there has been substantial evidence that physical punishment has negative outcomes. The good news is that over the years, there has been decline in the approval of physical punishment among American parents. Parents should realize the dangers of spanking and avoid it completely
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May 9th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Spanking may not have the appropriate long-term effect, indeed it may have negative long-term consequences. However, researchers have yet to show an effective alternative that works when the usual suspects fail (e.g. raising one’s voice, loss of privileges, teaching why behaviors are wrong).
For some children, a simple loss of privileges works well. For others, it has absolutely no effect whatsoever.
Parents dealing with the latter want to know…then what?
September 5th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Child buttock-battering vs. DISCIPLINE
Child buttock-battering for the purpose of gaining compliance is nothing more than an inherited bad habit.
Its a good idea for people to take a look at what they are doing, and learn how to DISCIPLINE instead of hit.
I think the reason why television shows like “Supernanny” and “Dr. Phil” are so popular is because that is precisely what many (not all) people are trying to do.
There are several reasons why child buttock-battering isn’t a good idea. Here are some good, quick reads recommended by professionals:
Plain Talk About Spanking
by Jordan Riak,
The Sexual Dangers of Spanking Children
by Tom Johnson,
NO VITAL ORGANS THERE, So They Say
by Lesli Taylor M.D. and Adah Maurer Ph.D.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Most compelling of all reasons to abandon this worst of all bad habits is the fact that buttock-battering can be unintentional sexual abuse for some children. There is an abundance of educational resources, testimony, documentation, etc available on the subject that can easily be found by doing a little research on “spanking”.
Just a handful of those helping to raise awareness of why child buttock-battering isn’t a good idea:
American Academy of Pediatrics,
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Center For Effective Discipline,
PsycHealth Ltd Behavioral Health Professionals,
Churches’ Network For Non-Violence,
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
Parenting In Jesus’ Footsteps,
The LDS Church (http://education.byu.edu/youcandothis/spanking.html click “quotes on spanking”)
Global Initiative To End All Corporal Punishment of Children,
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In 26 countries, child buttock-battering is prohibited by law (with more in process). In fact, the US was the only UN member that did not ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.