You can look at spanking in a pro/con perspective. Where pro studies show that spanking properly used, can lead to well behaved children. Con is spanking is harmful and can affect children later in life. Research shows that corporal punishment in the home has been banned in 31 countries. Those countries are Spain, Israel, Kenya and Costa Rica. Research also shows that there is no prohibition exists in the United States. Even though 32 states have laws forbidding teachers and administrators from hitting students. Some people that are in favor for spanking say that spanking is an effective method of discipline and hasn’t shown to damage children in the long run. Others are against who are against spanking argue that spanking can cause children to become violent in life and may increase the experience …show more content…
Researcher Murray Straus is a professor of Sociology and co-director of the family research labatory at the university of New Hampsire and some information that she had was that research shows that spanking is harmful to children. Murray said that if you made a list of all things that parents wouldn’t want to do to their children the list would mostly be made up of the harmful side effects of spanking. Murray also said that children who were spanked have a higher risk of commiting juvenile crime, assaulting other children, and being depressed as an adult and hitting their dating or martial partners. Murray says that