Larzelere is not the study organizer, though, but someone critical of it.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 26/09/2009 07:04:52 PM
My 9-month-old daughter has no idea if she does something that we consider to be "wrong" and she's FAR too young to be yelled at or spanked.
The study organizer said the following:
The best use of spanking, Larzelere said, is in children between the ages of 2 and 6 when milder discipline tactics, such as time out, fail.
In other words, the study basically concluded that (1) you shouldn't immediately spank as a punishment, (2) you should only spank older children who can appreciate the connection between the behavior and the punishment and (3) you don't EVER demean a child verbally - criticize actions and behaviors, not people or their intrinsic qualities.
Either that, or the study got it all wrong - maybe the kids are spanked more BECAUSE they're stupid.
The study organizer said the following:
The best use of spanking, Larzelere said, is in children between the ages of 2 and 6 when milder discipline tactics, such as time out, fail.
In other words, the study basically concluded that (1) you shouldn't immediately spank as a punishment, (2) you should only spank older children who can appreciate the connection between the behavior and the punishment and (3) you don't EVER demean a child verbally - criticize actions and behaviors, not people or their intrinsic qualities.
Either that, or the study got it all wrong - maybe the kids are spanked more BECAUSE they're stupid.
The particular study described in the article only worked with very young children, so obviously could not state anything on the topic of spanking older children. The conclusions you state are mostly Larzelere's.
Apparently spanking makes children stupid.
- 26/09/2009 12:25:34 PM
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Negative memories aren't all bad. Parents just need to be consistent, yet loving. *NM*
- 26/09/2009 02:06:07 PM
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I do believe this study was created to prove the point, not test it.
- 26/09/2009 03:25:54 PM
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What are your grounds for that belief?
- 26/09/2009 04:11:37 PM
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Duke University is one of the best universities in the United States
- 26/09/2009 05:11:21 PM
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You are apparently pretty ignorant about psychology if you think it is pseudo-science.
- 27/09/2009 01:09:02 AM
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Bah. It's not falsifiable.
- 27/09/2009 01:09:37 PM
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Karl Popper had a turquoise willy. Falsify THAT with your CERNomatic juiceharp, Galileo. *NM*
- 27/09/2009 03:05:44 PM
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That's not what the study says. It says don't spank VERY young children
- 26/09/2009 05:16:33 PM
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Larzelere is not the study organizer, though, but someone critical of it.
- 26/09/2009 07:04:52 PM
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Did I miss something or did I just forget?
- 27/09/2009 12:54:13 AM
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It certainly can make them kinky. *NM*
- 28/09/2009 07:19:34 PM
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