I can't tell you how excited I was to see this on mainstream news!
http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/spanking-kids-can-cause-long-term-harm-canada-study
"Spanking children can cause long-term developmental damage and may even lower a child's IQ, according to a new Canadian analysis that seeks to shift the ethical debate over corporal punishment into the medical sphere."
"What people have realized is that physical punishment doesn't only predict aggression consistently, it also predicts internalizing kinds of difficulties, like depression and substance use," said Durant.
"There are no studies that show any long term positive outcomes from physical punishment."
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