Study: Parents Today Are Spanking Their Kids Less
Back in the old days, parents paddled their kids without a second thought, but times have changed. Now Gen X and millennial parents don’t seem to be spanking their kids…
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Photo from ShutterstockBack in the old days, parents paddled their kids without a second thought, but times have changed. Now Gen X and millennial parents don’t seem to be spanking their kids as much as previous generations, according to new research.
A paper published this week in the medical journal “JAMA Pediatrics” used data from the Monitoring the Future study, which surveyed groups of graduating high school seniors between 1993 and 2017, and again 17 years later when they were 35-years-old. The numbers show that back in 1993, around 50% of parents reported spanking a child, but by 2017, that was down to 35%.
Source: CNN
