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...found that kids who were physically punished had up to a five-point lower IQ score than kids who weren't - the more children were spanked, the lower their IQs - and that the effect could be seen not only in individual children but across entire nations as well. Among 32 countries Straus studied, in those where spanking was accepted, the average IQ of the survey population was lower than in nations where spanking was rare, the researcher says. (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...previous two weeks, according to interviews with the mothers. Researchers measured the children's IQ initially, then again four years later. Those kids who hadn't been spanked in the initial survey period scored significantly better on intelligence and achievement tests than those who had been hit. Among the 2-to-4-year-olds, the difference in IQ was five points; among the older kids, there was a 2.8-point gap. That association held after taking into account parental education, income and other environmental factors, says Straus...
...surveying more than 17,000 college students in various countries, Straus found that countries with higher GDP tended to be those where corporal punishment was used less often. In the U.S., the tendency to hit also varies with income, along with geography and culture; it's most common among African-American families, Southern families, parents who were spanked as children themselves and those who identify themselves as conservative Christians...
...contributed to the destabilization of the country, and yet despite that, the economy has been in some difficulty: high unemployment and high inflation. What specifically will you do in this administration to help the economy of Iran? Well, the economic crisis is worldwide of course and nonetheless we are among the countries that have been least effected by this crisis. In the past four years we have had a high rate of economic growth and even if there was inflation, at the end of the day the trend demonstrated that the purchasing power of people from different groups of society...
...there where the countries can collaborate and cooperate for example, in Afghanistan? What specifically are you expecting from these talks? There are many areas where we can cooperate. We think we must base the principle on the need to have relations and cooperation with other nations. Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability. The best world is one in which all countries cooperate with one another to kind of meet each other's needs and be partners in the process. Especially these days...