I was spanked as a kid, as I suspect that many folks of my generation were. I don’t fault my father for it. That’s just what people did back then, when I was a kid growing up in the south. And, while we’ve never talked about it, I’m certain that, when my dad was a […]
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According to researchers who have looked at 50 years of data on 160,000 children, spanking not only does not stop unwanted behaviors, but actually gives rise to them
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged abuse, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, child abuse, corporal punishment, Elizabeth Gershoff, spanking, University of Michigan 25 Comments