Spanking Research

It's Time to Ban Spanking By Amy Bacharach, PhD The California Democratic Party has an opportunity to pass a resolution supporting ending all physical/corporal punishment at its upcoming convention. I hope they do so. At least 31 states have banned corporal punishment in schools, and public support...

Hitting or Spanking – What’s the Diff?

Objectifying people and using euphemisms that minimize their needs and suffering can be harmful. But clearly euphemisms serve a purpose. It has long been understood that using euphemisms can help a soldier perform acts of torture on the perceived enemy, without being overcome by his...

Mom.me asks, “Is there a right way to spank your child?”

Ericka Souter, Editor of a well-known online magazine Mom.Me just published an article titled, "Is there a right way to spank your child?" Just the title of this article makes me cringe. Can you imagine the uproar on Mom.me if there was an article titled, “Is there...

How Hard Will He Have to Work?

Fascinating research suggests we can predict how hard a person will have to work to feel good, based upon the quality of early attachment in the first 18 months of life.  This study measured the long term effects of early  attachment on long-term emotional regulation into adulthood,...

How Do Children Experience Spanking?

A trained and experienced elementary school counselor in an urban school district was asked to help a group of teachers identify 10 coping and 10 non-coping children [1] from a group of 120 fourth and fifth graders. [2], [3] Children were asked to close their eyes and were...

Prevent Child Abuse: End Hitting

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