Article: More on Spanking: the Side Effects.

Byline: Nancy Shute

I figured that spanking was long ago proved bad for kids, case closed. Yow, was I wrong!

An interview I posted last week with pediatrician Lawrence Diller, in which he said that firmer discipline--including, in some cases, spanking (http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-parenting/2008/6/9/one-view-a-spanking-might-beat-ritalin.html)--might keep kids from being medicated for ADHD, sparked passionate comment, both for and against spanking. And a piece on spanking (http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/living-well-usn/2008/06/12/a-good-parents-dilemma-is-spanking-bad.html) that I wrote for a larger article on evidence-based discipline methods ...

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