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. 2013 Sep 1;7(3):133-137.
doi: 10.1111/cdep.12038.

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

Elizabeth T Gershoff  1
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Spanking and Child Development: We Know Enough Now To Stop Hitting Our Children

Elizabeth T Gershoff. Child Dev Perspect. .

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.

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