A. DEFENSES BASED ON THE PRESUMED GREATER EFFICACY OF CP.................................. 3 A1. If My Dad Hadn't Taken Me Over His Knee, I Would Be In Big Trouble Now ......................... 3 A2. Spanking Is Needed As A Back-Up Or Last Resort ................................................................. 4 A3. The "Eight Strongest Studies" Demonstrate "Beneficial Outcomes" Of CP ...........

Globally, corporal punishment is the most common form of violence against children. A large body evidence demonstrates that it has no positive long-term outcomes and predicts a wide range adverse effects in childhood adulthood. The United Nations declared violates children’s fundamental rights to protection called on all countries repeal laws allow or justify it. As June 2023, 65 have prohibite...

Conclusions about the effects of harsh parenting on children have been limited by research designs that cannot control for genetic or shared environmental confounds. The present study used a sample of children of twins and a hierarchical linear modeling statistical approach to analyze the consequences of varying levels of punishment while controlling for many confounding influences. The sample ...

Parents who strike their children, teachers wielding a stick, prison warders who want to use the birch and thugs beating up informers.

Spanking is common in the United States but less common in many European countries in which it has been outlawed. Being spanked has been associated with child abuse victimization, poor self-esteem, impaired parent-child relationships, and child and adult mental health, substance abuse, and behavioral consequences. Being spanked as a child has also been shown to increase the likelihood of abusin...