Nov 8, 2025 · The domestic discipline movement encourages spanking as punishment. Learn why researchers argue that this is abuse.

Feb 14, 2025 · Spanking was once a common practice for parents in the U.S. to discipline their children. But research now shows that spanking is ineffective and harmful.

Jul 6, 2016 · According to AAP, spanking is never recommended. Experts are in unanimous agreement on this fact: research shows that spanking does more harm than good.

Corporal punishment in schools is the deliberate infliction of physical pain as a response to undesired behaviour by students. In schools it typically involves either striking the student on …

Dec 5, 2023 · Spanking is associated with a myriad of serious potential risks, including harm to the brain, embodied trauma, developmental delays and damaged relationships.

Oct 29, 2024 · The U.S. Department of Education defines it as “paddling, spanking, or other forms of physical punishment imposed on a child.” In a school setting, such punishment often takes …

Jan 27, 2022 · Research over the last 20 years has demonstrated that spanking increases aggression in young children and is ineffective in changing their undesirable behavior, the AAP …

Spanking teaches that when someone does something you don’t like, you hit them. If it’s OK for you to hit, it must be okay for your child to hit other people too.

Jan 1, 2019 · According to a policy statement (Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children) recently released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, "aversive" discipline techniques like …

Research has long underscored the negative effects of spanking on children’s social-emotional development, self-regulation, and cognitive development, but new research shows that …