from the article:
Spanking is generally ineffective, says Tracy Dennis, associate professor of psychology at Hunter College.
Parenting guru Penelope Leach did not agree with Gunnoe's research, according to the Daily Mail. "No good can come from hitting a child," she says. "I do not buy this idea that children will learn positive behavior from being smacked."
And, she adds, "When a child is spanked when a parent loses control in an aggressive, fear-inducing way, this models aggression for the child and starts a cycle of violence in that child."
CYCLE of VIOLENCE
AGGRESSION
INEFFECTIVE
NO GOOD CAN COME FROM HITTING A CHILD
all from your article!
Good reporting often gets both both sides. From the article:
"The research, by
Calvin Collegepsychology professor
Marjorie Gunnoe, found that kids smacked before age 6 grew up to be more successful".....
More from the article:
Gunnoe, who interviewed 2,600 people about being smacked, told the Daily Mail: "The
claims that are made for not spanking children fail to hold up. I think of spanking as a dangerous tool, but then
there are times when there is a job big enough for a dangerous tool. You don't use it for all your jobs."
Very true statement you don't first resort to spanking before trying other forms first. But sometimes spanking is needed when the point has to be made.
More from the article:
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Most parents spank young kids to keep them safe, Dennis explains. A parent may slap a toddler's hand if they touch a hot stove, or spank a child who runs into the street. In that context, she says, a smack can be considered a way to keep a child out of danger or to assert parental authority, she says."
And even more from the article:
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Even timeouts, Dennis says, can have a detrimental effect on kids if imposed when a parent is out of control. "If you give your child a timeout because he or she broke a rule and you want there to be a consequence and you speak calmly, that is one thing," Dennis says. "But
if you are screaming and angry when you give the timeout, it's not effective."
Spanking depends on the was it is delivered just as above is stating according to the article.
All above from one of the article I listed out of 5.