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SPANKING YOURKIDS

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2013EVER WONDERED ABOUT SPANKING AS A CORRECTDISCIPLINARY TOOL FOR YOUR KIDS WELL COLU!BIAUNIVERSITY IN NEWYORK RECENTLY CONDUCTEDRESEARC" INTO T"IS CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC# T"EIRFINDINGS ARE INTRIGUING###

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Children who were smacked as five-year-olds were slightlymore likely to be aggressive and break rules later in

primary school

Experts say smacking doesn't teach children how to

negotiate

ByANNA HODGEKISS

It's long been thought that smacking a naughty child willhel kee them in line ! but a new study suggests it mightdo mo"e ha"m than good#

$esea"che"s %ound child"en who we"e smacked as %i&e!yea"!olds we"e slightly mo"e likely to be agg"essi&e andb"eak "ules late" in "ima"y school#

Desite mounting e&idence on the ha"ms tied to it it is 'stilla &e"y tyical e(e"ience' %o" child"en the study)s leadautho" said#
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It's long been thought that smacking a naughty child will help keep them in line - but a new study suggests itmight do more harm than good

'*ost kids e(e"ience sanking at least some oint in time'*ichael *acKen+ie %"om ,olumbia -ni&e"sity in New .o"ksaid# 'So the"e)s this disconnect#'

His team used data %"om a long!te"m study o% child"en bo"nin one o% /0 -#S# cities between 1223 and /000# 4he new"eo"t includes about 1200 child"en#

$esea"che"s su"&eyed a"ents when child"en we"e th"eeand %i&e yea"s old about whethe" and how o%ten theysmacked thei" child#

4hen they asked mothe"s about thei" child's beha&iou""oblems and ga&e the child"en a &ocabula"y test at agenine#

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A total o% 56 e" cent o% mothe"s and 70 e" cent o% %athe"ssaid they smacked child"en when they we"e th"ee yea"sold#

4hat %ell slightly to 5/ e" cent o% mothe"s and 88 e" cent o%%athe"s who smacked at the age o% %i&e#

,hild"en we"e mo"e misbeha&ed and we"e mo"e agg"essi&ewhen they had been smacked by thei" mothe"s as %i&e!yea"!olds whethe" "egula"ly o" occasionally#

Sanking by mothe"s at least twice a week was tied to atwo!oint inc"ease on a 60!oint scale o% "oblem

beha&iou"#

Children were more misbehaved and were more aggressive when they had been smacked by their mothersas five-year-olds


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4hat was a%te" the "esea"che"s took into account child"en)sbeha&iou" at younge" ages and othe" %amily cha"acte"istics#

4he"e was no link between smacking by a"ents at age

th"ee and child"en)s late" beha&iou" howe&e"#,hidl"en also tended to sco"e lowe" on &ocabula"y testswhen they had been "egula"ly sanked by thei" %athe"s atage %i&e *acKen+ie and his colleagues w"ite in 9ediat"ics#

4he a&e"age &ocabula"y sco"e %o" all nine!yea"!olds in thestudy was 28 slightly below the test!wide standa"d sco"e o%100# :"e;uent sanking by %athe"s was linked to a %ou"!oint

lowe" sco"e# But the "esea"che"s couldn)t be su"e that smalldi%%e"ence wasn)t due to chance#

Ge"sho%% said the %inding is a bit ha"d to inte""et# 'I don)tthink that sanking makes kids stuide"< she said#

It)s ossible that a"ents who a"e sanking a"e not talking tothei" child"en as o%ten Ge"sho%% said# O" kids who a"esanked and act out could be mo"e dist"acted in the

class"oom#=hen it comes to discilining child"en she said the"e)smo"e e&idence on what doesn)t wo"k long!te"m than whatdoes#

'=e know that sanking doesn)t wo"k we know that yellingdoesn)t wo"k' Ge"sho%% said# '4ime out is kind o% a mi(edbag# =e know that "easoning does wo"k#'

She told $eute"s Health#'Sanking models agg"ession as away o% sol&ing "oblems that you can hit eole and getwhat you want#

'=hen >child"en? want anothe" kid)s toy the a"ents ha&en)ttaught them how to use thei" wo"ds o" how to negotiate#'


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9"o%esso" *acKen+ie said sanking continues to seeme%%ecti&e to a"ents in the sho"t te"m which makes it ha"d tochange thei" minds about it#

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