Pros and Cons of Spanking PDF

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Pros

● A successful way of learning to respect authority and good behavior ● Gets the point across ● Greater amount of compliance - “children were more likely to comply when mothers spanked than when they used time-outs”

Cons

● Short term and long term consequences ● Correlation between aggression, criminal and antisocial behavior, and abuse ● Impacts adult mental health ● Kids who are spanked are more likely to abuse their kids/spouse when they are older ● More aggressive, angry, and stressed than kids than those who were not disciplined in this way ● There are way easier/healthier punishment options - ex: a time out ● “More spanking is associated with less long-term compliance and evidence of conscience” ● Spanking fails to be a successful punishment ○ Successful punishments must be immediate, consistent, and delivered after every instance of the targeted behavior” pg 134. ● Spanking violates children’s human rights...