Research across many countries shows childhood anxiety and aggression caused by physical punishment may not fall, and can increase, when mum is very loving. If you believe that you can shake your children or slap them across the face and then smooth things over gradually by smothering them with love, you are mistaken. Being very warm with a child whom you hit in this manner rarely makes things better. It can actually make matters worse. It can make a child more, not less, anxious. This is one of many worrying findings from our research into whether the effects of corporal punishment are alleviated by maternal warmth. We studied over 1,000 children in 11 groups across eight countries, surveying mothers about levels of corporal punishment in the home and asking both mothers and children about childhood anxiety and aggression. Read the complete article from Jennifer E. Lansford: Research Professor, Social Science Research Institute and Faculty Fellow, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University:
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:38:09 +0000
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