Previous research had also found that parents who spank are more likely to be younger, less educated, single, and/or depressed and stressed, Berlin's study said. Spanking is most commonly used among parents who were spanked themselves, who live in the South, and/or who identify themselves as conservative Christians. These parents also tend to believe in the effectiveness of spanking or believe the child is at fault in a given situation, the study said.
Okay, my parents were in their 30s when they had me, both went had post secondary education, they were together, not depressed or stressed, not from the South (granted, Alberta is referred to as the Texas of Canada), and definitely not conservative Christians. So... all wrong there
Others say parents should not resort to spanking at any age. Susan Newman, social psychologist and author of "Little Things Long Remembered: Making Your Children Feel Special Every Day," said parents should discourage bad behaviors by taking away privileges such as dessert, or setting an earlier bedtime. They should also reinforce good behaviors verbally, saying how nice it is when their children share, for example.
Right... In my experience of going shopping with my niece and nephew and coming across the younger mothers who use those forms of discipline, those forms of discipline don't really work.
"Please stop throwing the grapes on the ground and stomping on them. Oh, he's just so independent."
soilent brad is PEOPLE!
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = EM2C <-- Define it!
"Uh...we don't support the Hannah Montana empire."
- My 6 year old niece
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = EM2C <-- Define it!
"Uh...we don't support the Hannah Montana empire."
- My 6 year old niece
Apparently spanking makes children stupid.
- 26/09/2009 12:25:34 PM
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Negative memories aren't all bad. Parents just need to be consistent, yet loving. *NM*
- 26/09/2009 02:06:07 PM
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I do believe this study was created to prove the point, not test it.
- 26/09/2009 03:25:54 PM
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What are your grounds for that belief?
- 26/09/2009 04:11:37 PM
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Duke University is one of the best universities in the United States
- 26/09/2009 05:11:21 PM
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You are apparently pretty ignorant about psychology if you think it is pseudo-science.
- 27/09/2009 01:09:02 AM
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Bah. It's not falsifiable.
- 27/09/2009 01:09:37 PM
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Karl Popper had a turquoise willy. Falsify THAT with your CERNomatic juiceharp, Galileo. *NM*
- 27/09/2009 03:05:44 PM
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That's not what the study says. It says don't spank VERY young children
- 26/09/2009 05:16:33 PM
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Larzelere is not the study organizer, though, but someone critical of it.
- 26/09/2009 07:04:52 PM
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Did I miss something or did I just forget?
- 27/09/2009 12:54:13 AM
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I must be pretty stupid, then.
- 28/09/2009 05:49:26 PM
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It certainly can make them kinky. *NM*
- 28/09/2009 07:19:34 PM
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*NM*