Saturday, July 7, 2012

COMMENTARY: Spanking Children Can Result in Anxiety and Personality Disorders When They Are Adults

This week, delegates to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) passed a resolution calling for "an end to the practice of corporal punishment in homes, schools, and child care facilities."

In other words, America's largest Presbyterian denomination says it is wrong to spank children. We agree with this viewpoint.

Recent studies have indicated that there is a link between the physical punishment of a child and the mental disorders that could result from physical punishment when that child is an adult.

In fact, the American Association of Pediatrics -- in a study it just published this week -- found that children who are pushed, grabbed, shoved, slapped, or hit by a parent or other adult are more likely than those who are not treated in this way to suffer from mood disorders, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug abuse, and several personality disorders as adults.

That being the case, it would behoove parents and other adults not to spank children.

All in all, it's just just not worth the negative impact that spankings may have on children when they are adults.

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