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Why you should never spank a child

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Children who are spanked are more likely to defy their parents, behave anti-socially, and experience increased aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties. Those are the findings of a new research on spanking. We talked about it with our listeners.


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By Carlo Oreglia, Magica Fossati

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Children who are spanked are more likely to defy their parents, behave anti-socially, and experience increased aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties. Those are the findings of a new research on spanking. We talked about it with our listeners.



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