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Article: SPANKING WORSENS BEHAVIOR, STUDY FINDS INTERVIEWS WITH 3,000 MOTHERS FIND REGULAR CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- August 15, 1997
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Byline: Reuter
CHICAGO -- Regularly spanking a child for misbehaving causes distrust of the parent and provokes worse behavior in the long term, a U.S. researcher said Thursday.
Based on interviews with the mothers of roughly 3,000 children, University of New Hampshire sociologist Murray Straus said corporal punishment proved to be counterproductive, resulting in the child's lying more often, bullying, breaking things and other antisocial behavior.
``Spanking chips away at the child's liking for and trust of the parent. They're less likely to take the parents' values, and more likely to take influences from other kids which you might not ...