What is known about my topic/question is that spanking as a discipline technique has been used throughout decades and the controversies it has towards parenting on how to raise/discipline children. It has been said that spanking as a discipline for children has received support from religious traditions and widespread beliefs as a positive effect of corporal punishment for children. Plus, researchers had studied that spanking in children has negative effects on them once they grow up into their adolescent period. Negative effects that can affect their interpersonal relationships with family and educational experience. The negative effects of spanking can include depression, low self-esteem problems, and having suicidal thoughts according to
