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Spanking and Child Development: We Know Enough Now to Stop Hitting Our Children

Child Development Perspectives

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Abstract

Spanking remains a common, if controversial, childrearing practice in the United States. In this article, I pair mounting research indicating that spanking is both ineffective and harmful with professional and human rights opinions disavowing the practice. I conclude that spanking is a form of violence against children that should no longer be a part of American childrearing.