Study reveals why spanking is really bad for kids. What Do You Think?

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Would your mother agree with this?

This week a study was released saying when children are disciplined using harsh physical punishment like spanking, they are at higher risk of depression, anxiety, substance abuse and other mental health problems — even if they aren’t otherwise abused or maltreated. This is scary, because I just recently read an article in the Boston Globe that said that 70 percent of Americans think that spanking is sometimes necessary — and 90 percent of parents of toddlers spank them.

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Clearly, as the article pointed out, this is