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Article: American College of Pediatricians Questions Validity of Spanking Study
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- U.S. Newswire
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- March 4, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Tom Benton, MD, President, of the American College of
Pediatricians, +1-888-376-1877, mail@ACPeds.org
GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
American College of Pediatricians challenges the results of a
negatively biased report on the effects of spanking recently
released by Murray Straus, a leading opponent of the use of
disciplinary spanking. His claim that spanking is linked to sexual
problems in teens and adults is premature and unfounded. In fact,
the study did not limit its investigation to the common use of
ordinary spanking by loving parents with preschool children, but