Spanking detrimental to children, study says – CNN.com.
OK.
Opening up a huge can of worms here.
To say spanking is detrimental to children and that you shouldn’t spank AT ALL is quite the over-generalization – don’t you think? Yes I believe in being careful how it is used, when it is used, and exactly how you are doing it. But, using it appropriately for behavioral problems and teaching the child the difference between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ is very effective.
No. I am not saying you need to abuse your child. I’m not saying spanking is the ONLY way to teach. I’m not saying that you need to raise your every time they do something wrong, disobey, act-up, etc. I’m simply saying that spanking your child has its place.
I don’t care what this or any other ‘study’ says. I don’t care what Dr. Spock and all his followers say. I CAN tell you that from personal experience, as well as from family and friend observation, that the absence of spanking yields a very different child and very different behavior.
Yes I think there are two sides to this coin and that parenting is a learned skill that no one will ever truly master.
But to say spanking is the root cause for a decrease in thinking skills??
C’mon?!
I guess my feelings for these type of studies ranks up there with trying to correlate child hood nose-picking with being a future threat to society. (Yes, these are actual studies!).
Just my humble opinion.
