In general, children tend to find spanking highly stressful and the
experience(s) can leave them with a number of deleterious outcomes:
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- A tendency to startle easily
- An ongoing dread of bad things
happening.
The
benefits of discipline for misbehavior that avoids spanking appear to include:
- A reduction in juvenile
delinquency
- Less adult violence
- Less masochistic sexual activity
- An increased probability of
completing higher education and earning a higher income
- Lower rates of depression and
alcohol abuse
There are ways to discipline that reduce the
likelihood of these negative outcomes, but they take careful thought
and time to implement. Most parents would
like their children to be smart and successful. Avoiding spanking and dealing
with misbehavior in other more functional and effective ways can help make that
more likely to happen. If you want smarter and more successful
children, such strategies are worth it.
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