Spanking Makes Children More Aggressive, Study Shows
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April said…
Yeah no kidding.
Another one of the underling causes of of bad behavior and aggression is the constant “threatening” by parents.
If you’re going to make an appropriate disciplinary threat, be prepared to carry it out immediately and fully. Such as the toy takeaway, or the “no TV tonite” thing. And if it is the Toy thing, ensure the toy never, ever appears again. It should go right to charity. Because if it’s the deal where the threat is only partially carried through, the parent/child relationship becomes very much like that of Pavlov and his Dog. The threat of appropriate discipline becomes a game, because the child knows it’s never going to be permanent. The child in essence becomes rewarded with parental attention for bad behavior.
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