Spanking Linked to Mental Illness, Says Study

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Honestly... if your kid is still acting up I'm going to have to say it's probably because you provide/provided a ****ty environment for them... Kids aren't demons there kids... who reflect on you. If your taking away everything they have maybe they feel like you don't spend enough time with them and that's why they WANT you to get rid of their things so MAYBE you will spend more time with them... It's not the kids it's the parents.

Do you have kids? Im guessing from this post no.
 
PPl who are not parents always have the utmost confidence in themselves.
it's the first sign of being totally clueless.
 
So true my parents spanked me as a kid especially my dad everytime I did SOMETHING WRONG OR SAID SOMETHING I WASNT SUPPOSE TO OR DISRESPECT ELDERS, and I love my parents I'm 20yrs old and the punishments didn't stop till I was sixteen(when I actually understood more when I started acting right) I dnt blame them because i see all these kids talking back to their parents,hitting their parents,always up to no good stealing,robbing,graffiti,
gangmembers. And I say to myself that could've been me if I didn't have my parents to discipline me to show me right from wrong my father took me to work with him to show me how to earn my money,how to waste it,and just because I have it doesn't mean i should buy whatever I want only what I need,thanks to him everything I have/own I can say i bought it my parents didn't buy it for me, i worked for mine my truck,my daughters things/family things was everything i bought none were given to me at any point,i have a daughter and no I dnt hit because I'm a pretty big guy(not fat lol) and I'm scared of wat I can do,when I play with friends they think I'm roughhousing and when I roughhouse ppl take it the wrong way,I think my voice pretty much does it I dnt need physical,so my point is yeah that is all BS


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True story, my parents physically disciplined me for years and I LOVE them for that, my dad throwing out my turbo grafix16 I never let go.

Agree with what you stated Fatcat. I didn't like to get my butt whooped, BUT if I did something wrong obviously I deserved it. I honestly can say I didnt get spanked, I got WHOOPED and there is a difference. When I was young (5-7) it was a thin paddle, once I hit 8 it was my dads belt. My mom, whipped me with Switches.

To this day my mother apologizes to me claiming "I beat your @ss" I explain, "Mom, I wouldn't be the person I am today if I didnt get punished for my wrong doings" I love both my parents deeply. I have the same belt my father spanked me with when I was a kid.

Looking back, I was only spanked once out of Anger and I actually understand now that I am an adult. I wanted this COOL bike

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My father already worked a full time job, and this bike was pretty pricey for the time 300$ '85 maybe. So dad picked up a paper route to buy me this bike (for christmas) but the rule was is that it comes inside every night. Well one day I was in a hurry to get to the skating rink and I left it outside and someone stole it. That was the worse @ss beating I ever received. I told this story to my Daughter (then 9) when I bought her the new Ipod Touch.
 
Of the nearly 2,500 youngsters in the study, those who were spanked more frequently at age 3 were much more likely to be aggressive by age 5....
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1983895,00.html


Corporal punishment [of children]is linked with nine other negative outcomes, including increased rates of aggression, delinquency, mental health problems, and problems in relationships with their parents.

Large, peer-reviewed studies repeatedly show that the more children are hit, the more likely they are to hit others, including peers and siblings. As adults, they are more likely to hit their spouses. The more parents spank children for antisocial behavior, the more the antisocial behavior increases. All of the peer reviewed studies being published continue to confirm these findings.
http://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting-tools/positive-discipline/should-I-spank-my-child

Research has shown that the more children are spanked, the more likely it is that children will:

• Engage in antisocial behavior, such as lying, stealing, cheating, bullying, assaulting a sibling or peers;
• Act aggressively toward others;
• Develop mental health problems, such as depression and suicidality;
• Have a less close relationship with their parents;
• Be physically abused by their parents.
http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/spanking-has-negative-side-effects

Of the nearly 2,500 youngsters in the study, those who were spanked more frequently at age 3 were much more likely to be aggressive by age 5....
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1983895,00.html

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1983895,00.html#ixzz1zrCxTSPK

Positive child outcomes are more likely when parents refrain from using spanking and other physical punishment, and instead discipline their children through communication that is firm, reasoned, and nurturing...
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/?q=node/187
 
^ I guess all of history is wrong... and to think all it took was a peer-reviewed study.

considering that throughout most of history many believed the Earth was flat, you're quite correct!
The numbers don;t lie and a little objectivity goes a long way.
 
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