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Parents who spank their kids before age 2 can expect them to get into trouble at school, suggests a study in Pediatrics. Compared with kids who were never hit, white non-Hispanic toddlers who were spanked five times a week were four times as likely to have behavioral problems later. No significant link was found between spanking and later misbehavior in black and Hispanic children. --By Sora Song

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Spanking Backlash | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

...Surri fails to accomplish something Doc asks--say, cleaning out the car or working in the garden--he might spank her or stand her in the corner as though she were a wayward child. When she succeeds, he might call her a "good girl" or give her a small gift. ("I filled out one of those online profiles that ask for your favorite quote, and mine was 'Good girl,'" says Surri. "Hearing [Doc] say that makes me happier than anything else in the world.") Surri, who turns 38 this month, particularly enjoys such "age play" when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Bondage Unbound | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...GLOBAL ADVISOR Giving the kids a break Paris' food markets To spank or not to spank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leaving the Motherland | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...GLOBAL ADVISOR Giving the kids a break Paris' food markets To spank or not to spank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revelation | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...GLOBAL ADVISOR Giving the kids a break Paris' food markets To spank or not to spank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Singular Woman | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

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