{"id":7087,"date":"2010-04-15T11:36:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T15:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/?p=7087"},"modified":"2010-04-15T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T15:36:38","slug":"does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study suggest that spanking toddlers may cause an increase in aggressive kindergartners. Personally, I choose not to spank my kids. Michael responds better to time outs (away from everyone else) because he is a social creature\/thrives on being around other people. Sean is more of an introvert\/could care less about a time out, so consequences \u2013 such as taking away his favorite thing for a period of time \u2013 works better for him. (Sean also has a really soft conscience, so it doesn\u2019t take much for him to be truly sorry and to change his behavior.) Although, I don\u2019t spank, I have some reservations about this study and it\u2019s findings:<\/p>\n

1. For one thing, I have a problem with research studies overall. I remember when I took an \u201cEvidence and Research\u201d class while at Columbia. I was so shocked to learn that you can basically make a study say (almost) anything that you like based on the variables that you decide to include\/leave out. I have turned a wary eye to every study since then.<\/p>\n

2. I find it ironic when studies conclude that something \u201cmay\u201d have a certain effect. (So, then are you saying that it may not<\/strong>?)<\/p>\n

3. Only 2500 mothers were surveyed. What percentage of the population is that? Very minimal. <\/p>\n

4. In my opinion, it is impossible to account for different variables across households. I really don\u2019t think that you can \u201ccontroll\u201d other factors that affect child aggression. These researchers did not have the kids in the exact same environment over the period of the study. <\/p>\n

In most areas of life, I am a \u201cPollyanna\u201d, but not when it comes to sudy \u201cfindings\u201d. Maybe I\u2019m a cynic in this area, but I think that (often) the researchers find the evidence to suppor what they already suspect. Yes, I believe (like studies show) that children imitate their parents behavior, but I also think that children are smart enough to know that they are not other kids\u2019 parents in regards to \u201ccorporal\u201d punishment!<\/p>\n

Do I think that spanking should be a common, first resort line of discipline? No. Do I think that an occasional spank will make a kid turn into an aggressive bully later in life? No. My opinion: unless you are abusing your child, it is not my business how you choose to discipline them. (Yes, I do believe that there is a difference between a parent making a pre-meditated decision to choose spanking as a \u201clast resort\u201d form of discipline than a crazy out-of-control \u201cbeating at whim\u201d parent.)<\/p>\n

In any event, the study is available online at http:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org<\/a>\/. Judge for yourself. What do you think\u2026does spanking children make them more aggressive later in life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study suggest that spanking toddlers may cause an increase in aggressive kindergartners. Personally, I choose not to spank my kids. Michael responds better to time outs (away from everyone else) because he is a social creature\/thrives on being … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nDoes Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new study suggest that spanking toddlers may cause an increase in aggressive kindergartners. Personally, I choose not to spank my kids. Michael responds better to time outs (away from everyone else) because he is a social creature\/thrives on being ... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mom in the City\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-04-15T15:36:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kim2021.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1578\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1751\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kimberly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mominthecity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mominthecity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kimberly\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kimberly\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#\/schema\/person\/721489be0f7f92dfcc81529d34a9e6bc\"},\"headline\":\"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-15T15:36:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/\"},\"wordCount\":466,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/\",\"name\":\"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-15T15:36:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/\",\"name\":\"Mom in the City\",\"description\":\"Food, Wellness & Reinvention\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mom in the City\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cropped-mitc2021.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cropped-mitc2021.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Mom in the City\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/mominthecity\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#\/schema\/person\/721489be0f7f92dfcc81529d34a9e6bc\",\"name\":\"Kimberly\",\"description\":\"Mom in the City owner and Co-founder\/CEO of RK Responsive Design. Santa Claus wannabe. Scheduling ninja. Supreme sleeper.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/mominthecity\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/author\/administrator\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?","og_description":"A new study suggest that spanking toddlers may cause an increase in aggressive kindergartners. Personally, I choose not to spank my kids. Michael responds better to time outs (away from everyone else) because he is a social creature\/thrives on being ... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/","og_site_name":"Mom in the City","article_published_time":"2010-04-15T15:36:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1578,"height":1751,"url":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kim2021.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kimberly","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mominthecity","twitter_site":"@mominthecity","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kimberly","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/"},"author":{"name":"Kimberly","@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#\/schema\/person\/721489be0f7f92dfcc81529d34a9e6bc"},"headline":"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?","datePublished":"2010-04-15T15:36:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/"},"wordCount":466,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/","url":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/","name":"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-04-15T15:36:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/does-spanking-children-makes-them-more-aggressive-later\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Does Spanking Children Makes Them More Aggressive Later?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/","name":"Mom in the City","description":"Food, Wellness & Reinvention","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#organization","name":"Mom in the City","url":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cropped-mitc2021.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cropped-mitc2021.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Mom in the City"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/mominthecity"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/#\/schema\/person\/721489be0f7f92dfcc81529d34a9e6bc","name":"Kimberly","description":"Mom in the City owner and Co-founder\/CEO of RK Responsive Design. Santa Claus wannabe. Scheduling ninja. Supreme sleeper.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/mominthecity"],"url":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/author\/administrator\/"}]}},"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}