Spanking leads to bullying!
A new study finds children who are spanked often are twice as likely as those who weren't spanked to become aggressive themselves. They get into fights, destroy things and are mean to others. Even bullying.
This isn't the first study to make the spanking aggression connection. While this report doesn't prove that spanking "directly" causes aggression, it does show that there is a link. Of course, children need guidance and discipline.
So how should parents punish their kids? Psychologists recommend time-outs and other types of non physical punishment instead of spanking. Positive behavior should be rewarded and children should never be hit in anger.
Experts say if parents are upset it's best to cool off and talk to the child later. That's easier said than done. Despite what the experts say, as many as 90 percent of parents spank their children.
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