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I read an article the other day entitled Children who get spanked have lower IQ's. The article suggested that there had been research done and that research suggests that spanking can do more harm than good. The study, involved hundreds of U.S. children, showed the more a child was spanked the lower his or her IQ compared with others. Straus and his colleague Mallie Paschall of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation in Maryland studied nationally representative samples of two age groups: 806 children ages 2 to 4, and 704 ages 5 to 9. The researchers tested the kids' IQs initially and then four years later. Both groups of kids got smarter after four years. But the 2- to 4-year-olds who were spanked scored 5 points lower on the IQ test than those not spanked. For children ages 5 to 9, the spanked ones scored on average 2.8 points lower than their unspanked counterparts. The results, he said, were statistically significant. And they held even after accounting for parental education, income, cognitive stimulation by parents and other factors that could affect children's mental abilities.
From reading this I suggest we teach our parents other ways to discipline. It was a very interesting article.
http://www.livescience.com/7895-children-spanked-iqs.html
Hi Jamie,
ReplyDeleteGood aricle! I must say that I'm not to surprised about the research findings in connection with spanking. I feel that there are other ways to discipline children without getting the parent and child emotionally and physically upset.
Jamie,
ReplyDeleteI find this interesting. However, I was whipped, the good ole fashioned way, not "spanked" and there is nothing wrong with my IQ or my siblings. I find the report interesting. I wonder what the statistical information was for this group of children. I am an advocate for "tear their butts up" if grounding and time outs do not work. It worked for me and everyone I know and it will work for today's children. I am not an advocate for parents abusing their children, but the whippings that I got were surely effective and motivated me to do my best.
Thanks for sharing.
Jennifer
Jamie,
ReplyDeleteI found that article interesting. I was spanked as a child and so were my siblings. I do not feel that that affected my IQ. But I do believe as early childhood professionals we need to educate parents on different ways to discipline young children. Thanks for the interesting post.