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    The American Academy of Pediatrics and studies have found that spanking children can cause long-term harm. Experts say spanking is ineffective and may lead to increased aggression, brain changes, lower intelligence, substance abuse, depression, and suicidal behavior later in life. While not all spanked children have problems, studies have found spanking is not necessary and could be damaging. Instead of spanking, experts recommend alternative punishments appropriate for the child's age, such as taking away toys or limiting screen time.

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    Spanking Children

    From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.

    For some parents, spanking a child who misbehaves is a common punishment. In fact, they
    may think that a physical type of punishment is good for children and will teach them to
    behave in the future.

    However, a leading group of child health specialists suggests that the opposite is true.
    These experts say that spanking is not only ineffective, it may even cause long-term harm
    to the child.

    The American Academy of Pediatrics recently amended its policy on physical punishment
    for a child.

    Released in October, the academy warns that spanking a child can cause long-term effects.
    These effects include “aggression, brain changes, substance abuse and suicidal behavior in
    adulthood.”

    The report admits that not every child who is spanked will have these problems later in life.
    It makes this observation: “Although many children who were spanked become happy,
    healthy adults, current evidence suggests that spanking is not necessary and may result in
    long-term harm.”

    In recent years, many American experts have been advising parents against the use of
    physical punishment. Many other countries have already banned corporal punishment.
    Sweden was the first nation to do so in 1966.

    Earlier studies have shown that corporal punishment can also affect a child’s ability to think
    and learn.

    In 2012, a Canadian study found that spanking children can cause long-term developmental
    damage and may even lower a child’s intelligence test scores.

    Joan Durrant of the University of Manitoba is an expert in child development and how
    violence affects children. She was one of the authors of this report. Her co-author was Ron
    Ensom, with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa.

    Durrant and Ensom studied 20 years of published research on the long-term effects of
    physical punishment. They found that such punishment makes children more aggressive
    and antisocial. They wrote that violence affects development in the brain and its ability to
    work properly. They also found that it can lead to depression and drug abuse.

    A report on this study and its findings were published in The Canadian Medical
    Association Journal.

    The American Academy of Pediatrics also warns against using strong verbal abuse


    or shame to discipline a child. These types of punishment can also cause long-term
    problems for a child.

    Instead, they suggest other types of punishment that are appropriate for the age of the child.

    For younger children, punishment could be taking away a favorite toy. For older children, a
    parent can limit the time the child spends watching television or playing with computers or
    electronic games.

    And that’s the Health & Lifestyle report. I’m Anna Matteo.

    Anna Matteo wrote this story using reports from the Associated Press and Reuters. George
    Grow was the editor.

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