The old adage “spare the rod, spoil the child” might not ring true anymore. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics found that spanking could lead to mental health issues for children down the line in to adulthood.
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According to the study’s researchers, they equate such aggressive acts as hitting, shoving, or grabbing a child to eventually lead to mood disorders, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia (avoiding situations that you’re afraid might cause you to panic), alcohol and drug abuse and dependence, social phobias, severe personality disorders, and even depression.
Watch this Father beat his son here:
“We’re not talking about just a tap on the bum,” said study author Tracie Afifi, an assistant professor in the department of community health sciences at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg. “We were looking at people who used physical punishment as a regular means to discipline their children.”
Studies have been done in the past that suggest Blacks tend to whip, paddle, spank, and use other disciplinary tools on their children more so than any other ethnic group.
Watch the incident of a Mother who was arrested for beating her son with an extension cord, after she found him sagging his pants:
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