The majority of parents raise their hands to their
children
from time to time. And the vast majority of people who physically
punish their kids are loving, devoted parents. They don’t see anything
wrong with spanking
or slapping their kids, and this view is all but condoned by our
society. This
makes sense: a quick slap or a spanking is bound to stop misbehavior in
the
moment.
But, as the child psychiatrist Alan E. Kadzin argues, corporal
punishment not only does not permanently change behavior; it actually increases
aggressive and noncompliant behavior in the long run.
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