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A study by Tulane University professor Catherine Taylor showed that if a person has been spanked more than twice a month on a consistent basis during his childhood, the odds of him growing up as an aggressive, dominant, easily-fumed, and depressed man is highly probable.
Murray Strauss, the co-director of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire, moreover, says that kids who experienced spanking from their parents as part of a disciplinary feat enforced at their homes have a big chance of ending up as grown-ups who like forcing their partners into having masochistic sex.
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On two different kinds of parents and the right thing to do
Some parents just can’t imagine having a conscious thought of inflicting physical pain to their kids. Opposing the common belief that a child has to feel pain to understand why he’s wrong, these parents use a reward system instead to discipline their child. In this kind of parenting, good behavior is equivalent to a new toy or a trip to a zoo, while the bad one is followed by a mild yet serious one-on-one admonishment.
Thinking that a calm scolding is ineffective, and having had an experience of being ignored by their kids whenever they choose not to recourse to “spanking,” some parents would just resort to hitting their child when they lose patience and composure—or when their child refuses to do what is right.
But what really is the “right” thing to do?
Parenting experts and child doctors would surely say the same thing: If parents care for their children, they will not hit them; instead, parents will spend time to listen to them to understand their feelings and know what they want and need.
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Involving parents on their children’s growth is one of the many advocacies of Aspen Education Group. The organization’s website provides more information on parenting.
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