Corporal Punishment

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l negative impact on this crucial point in the child’s life. (No Spanking Page) Children who are abused by corporal punishment suffer physically and psychologically. Abused children are at high risk of damage to the central nervous system, impaired speech, learning disorders, and emotional disturbances. (Frude) Psychologist H. Stephen Glenn said, "Corporal punishment is the least effective method [of discipline]. Punishment reinforces a failure identity. It reinforces rebellion, resistance, revenge and resentment. And, what people who spank children will learn is that it teaches more about you than it does about them that the whole goal is to crush the child. It's not dignified, and it's not respectful." Spanking can seriously injure muscles, pelvis, coccyx (tail bone), the sciatic nerve, genitals or spine. Even slapping a child’s hands overtime can cause problems with broken bones, joints, blood vessels and ligaments. This can also induce a form of premature osteoarthritis. ( Straus/H...