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Article: SPANKING SPURS MISBEHAVIOR, STUDY CLAIMS.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- August 15, 1997
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Byline: Brigid Schulte Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire
From the dawn of time, parents have been spanking their children. Sometimes brutally with belts and hairbrushes and buckles. And sometimes in frustration, with a swat to the rear or a smack on the hand.
But research being published today by the American Medical Association suggests that times may have to change. Researchers have found that the more a parent spanks a child for misbehaving, the worse, over time, that child behaves.
``I've always felt that spanking is counterproductive, but no study has been able to nail that down, including my own research, until this one,'' said report author ...