Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A 2013 meta-analysis by Dr. Chris Ferguson employed an alternative statistical analysis, finding negative cognitive and behavioral effects in children subjected to spanking and corporal punishment, but found the overall relationship to be "trivial" or marginally so with the externalizing effects differing by age.
"Experiencing corporal punishment makes it more, not less, likely that children will be defiant and aggressive in the future" Spanking Harms Children, According to the American Academy of ...
Spanking is a form of corporal punishment involving the act of striking, with either the palm of the hand or an implement, the buttocks of a person to cause physical pain. The term spanking broadly encompasses the use of either the hand or implement, though the use of certain implements can also be characterized as other, more specific types of ...
“Even though research pretty consistently shows that corporal punishment doesn’t improve kids' behavior in the long run — and it might have some negative consequences — people don’t want ...
The effects of spanking were indistinguishable from the effects of physical abuse on child development outcomes. [10] [11] [12] Gershoff has argued that corporal punishment as a form of discipline fails to teach children why their behavior was wrong nor does it teach them what the appropriate behavior should have been.
In Oklahoma, corporal punishment is used disproportionately on Native American students and students with disabilities. Oklahomans should now know that corporal punishment harms kids Skip to main ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages corporal punishment because the nonphysical discipline techniques work better and avoid the negative consequences of physical punishment, including: Making children more aggressive or more violent, potentially causing physical harm to them, and teaching them that it's acceptable to physically hurt ...
Letters to the editor for Dec. 2, 2023: Readers share their thoughts on corporal punishment and Enid 'sore thumb.'