The study, using data from 19,000 children born in the UK in the early 2000s, also found that teenagers experiencing physical punishment in early childhood were markedly more likely to bully siblings and others or engage in cyberbullying.

The effects of smacking appeared most immediately in behaviour problems among infants, while repeated experience of physical punishment at ages three, five and seven was associated with lower literacy.

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah no shit. Who the fuck is still hittin’ helpless children? (I know where it comes from, but still…)

I mean, I'm 33 in the USA and was raised with my father hitting us with a belt when we made our mom mad when he was at work or out drinking or if we embarrassed them and neither of them think any of it was wrong to do 🤷‍♂️

[–] Leg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

Yup. I remember confronting my mom in my 20s about her whipping me as a kid. She said she should've done it more. Once I pointed out that our ancestors likely learned about the practice from their slave masters and carried it down until it reached our generations, it changed her tune though.