Spanking May Be a Good Contribution to Child’s Successful Life

Most of us were brought up in belief that physical discipline like smacking or spanking can teach the child aggressiveness and induce him or her to act out and misbehave even more. But it turns out that there’s more to physical discipline than meets the eye. There’s a new study that discovered a useful side to smacking young children; far from generating behavioral problems, it turns them into happy and well-adapted adults.

This research was carried out in the Calvin College in Michigan. Smacking children at an early age, generally before they turn six, may gear up the child toward better learning progress and active participation in social life both at school and into university years.

Children take physical discipline more naturally when young. It is slapping the child about when he or she approaches teens that may end up in the child’s inner desire to express disobedience and develop the habit of resolving conflicts through fights.

But a well-timed physical discipline makes children more successful in their studies than their peers whose bringing excluded spanking.

Still, lead researcher Marjorie Gunnoe refers to physical influence as a dangerous tool, to be used with consideration. “There are times when there is a job big enough for a dangerous tool. You just don’t use it for all your jobs,” she stipulates.

Gunnoe points out that physical disciplinary methods go down well with the child if the parents are fond and affectionate, and the child feels no hatred behind the slaps he gets. Spanking that is not excessively painful and done with good reason should be regarded as acceptable by the society.

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