Spanking Children Promotes Antisocial Behaviour and Slows Mental Development

Posted on April 13, 2017

Research has shown that while spanking may help correct a child’s behaviour, it does not have any other advantages over other methods, such as time out, explaining and depriving the child of privileges. Even worse, spanking comes at a huge cost for both the parent and the child.

More than 90% of studies on spanking has agreed that it is not good for the children. Spanking casts a shadow on the child’s mental and emotional development over the years and negatively affects the child’s relationship with his or her parents.

The issue is that spanking children is associated with
- Poorer mental development
- Poorer emotional relations between parents and children
- The child will more likely become more aggressive, hitting other children
- When the child grows up, he or she will more likely to be the perpetuator of domestic violence

More than 20 nations now prohibit spanking and the United Nations is now calling for all nations to prohibit spanking. Spanking is now being deemed to threaten the fundamental human right of children to be free from physical violence and abuse. With that being said, not only is spanking perceived to be a violation of basic human rights, it has a detrimental impact on both the parents and the child and thus should be prevented.


Category(s):Child Development

Source material from Psyblog