Meeting Tomorrow!

A [Gershoff, 2002] meta-analysis on the use of corporal punishment done at Columbia University indicates that parental corporal punishment is associated with the following undesirable behaviors and experiences:

~Decreased moral internalization

~Increased child aggression

~Increased child delinquent and antisocial behavior

~Decreased quality of relationship between parent and child

~Decreased child mental health

~Increased risk of being a victim of physical abuse

~Increased adult aggression

~Increased adult criminal and antisocial behavior

~Decreased adult mental health

~Increased risk of abusing own child or spouse

Corporal punishment was associated with only one desirable behavior: increased immediate compliance.

"The universal and chronic use of corporal punishment and its potentially harmful effects on children is the best-kept secret of American child psychology" (Straus, Beating the Devil Out of Them, 10).

If you are interested in breaking the cycle, this meeting is for you. Come get help and be supported!

Tomorrow, 10am @ The Play Place