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Study: kids who get smacked are more likely to assault their partners as adults

People who have been beaten in childhood are more likely to become abusive in their relationships with their partners

a child wearing a bear fur costume yawns while dancing in Comanesti, Romania.
Source: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda

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