{"id":370,"date":"2010-04-14T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T21:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.mainelyseo.com\/cdi-upgrade\/parenting_today\/?p=370"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:59:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T23:59:20","slug":"spanking-aggressive-behavior-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/spanking-aggressive-behavior-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Parental Spanking Linked to Aggressive Behavior in Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children.webp 500w,https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children-50x33.webp 50w,https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children-100x66.webp 100w,https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children.jpg\" height=\"334\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children.jpg 500w, https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/psychologyspanking-aggressive-children-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31434 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"aggressive kids spanked\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture>A new study published in the journal <strong><em>Pediatrics <\/em><\/strong>suggests that mothers who spank their 3 year old children are placing them at risk for becoming aggressive themselves by age 5.<\/p>\n<p>Three-year-old children who were spanked two or more times in the previous month had a 50 percent increased chance of being aggressive when they turned 5, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>Study researcher Catherine Taylor, Ph.D. states &#8220;Children need guidance and discipline; however, parents should focus on positive, non-physical forms of discipline and avoid the use of spanking.&#8221;\u00a0 Her message is similar to guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics &#8211; that no form of corporal punishment should be used in children.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor and colleagues asked about 2,500 mothers how often they had spanked their 3-year-old child in the past month. 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