Spanking kids to have long term impact on kids behaviour

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Spanking Kids To Have Long Term Impact On Kids Behaviour
Washington: Spanking children as an effective form of discipline could lead to short- and long-term child behavior problems, a new study has found.

Holden and three colleagues at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, used a simple, fast, inexpensive method to briefly expose subjects to short research summaries that detailed spanking's negative impact.
Carrying out two studies, one with non-parents and one with parents, Holden and his co-authors on the research found that attitudes were significantly altered.
"Parents spank with good intentions - they believe it will promote good behavior, and they don't intend to harm the child. But research increasingly indicates that spanking is actually a harmful practice," Holden said.
"These studies demonstrate that a brief exposure to research findings can reduce positive corporal punishment attitudes in parents and non-parents," he said.
The researchers believe that the study is the first of its kind to find that brief exposure to spanking research can alter people's views toward spanking.

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