Physical punishment is one of the most controversial parenting practices. Although many parents (and schools) still justify scourging as a way to educate children, science increasingly demonstrates that they not only do not work but are also harmful to children.
They would also be for your future life as a couple. According to a recent research published in the scientific journal The Journal of Pediatrics, Children who have received physical punishment in childhood would be more likely to be violent later with their partner.
The study involved 758 young adults between 19 and 20 years old, who were asked how often they were physically punished, whether they were spanking, slapping or hitting with objects.
68% said they received some type of physical punishment, while 19% said they acted violently with their partner. Children who said they had experienced punishment were more likely to have recently committed dating violence, regardless of sex, age, ethnicity and status.
Jeff Temple, professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Center and lead author of the study, notes:
"Although we cannot claim that the scourges cause subsequent violence, it is logical that if a child learns that physical punishment is a way to resolve conflicts, it could lead to conflicts with romantic partners in the future. "
"Common sense and scientific research tell us that children learn from their parents," Temple explained. "Parents are the child's first observation of relationships and how to handle conflict. Corporal punishment tells the child that violence is an acceptable means of changing behavior."
Violence generates violence
Although researchers want to warn that there are other factors that can lead a young person to be violent with their partner, such as mental health, substance abuse and attitudes towards women, they also point out that a history of physical punishment in childhood also influences.
Other research has shown that hitting children makes them aggressive, since they assimilate violence as a way of resolving conflicts that they are not able to manage otherwise. While not all children who received scourges in their childhood then perpetrate violence with their partners, it is logical to think that having received punishments of children then project with their partners in their adult life. One more reason to never hit children.
