Fewer Americans, Red and Blue, Are Spanking Their Children

Fewer Americans, Red and Blue, Are Spanking Their Children
Good. "There is a growing body of research illustrating how physical punishment not only fails to work, but also can lead to antisocial behavior, aggression, mental health problems, and cognitive difficulties in children. Even anti-spanking skeptics worry that it can be hard for a parent to draw the line at what they might consider productive physical discipline when in the heat of the moment with a defiant child. Spanking one’s children is illegal in 42 countries, and the American Academy of Pediatrics has strongly opposed it since 1998."