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Apley has been assigned to the Ivy Yard, which also includes Holworthy, Lionel, Massachusetts, Mower, Stoughton, Straus and Thayer halls
...problem has to do with who was in the study. Straus and company culled their information from telephone interviews conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics beginning in 1979 with 807 mothers of children ages 6 to 9. They were asked how many times they had spanked their children in the past week and what the kids' behavior was like--did they lie, cheat, act up in school? Then the bureau polled the same group two years later. Sure enough, the kids who had been spanked had become increasingly antisocial...
...Straus disagrees. He writes, "It is plausible to argue that [corporal punishment] of toddlers will have a greater effect [than it does on older kids] because it occurs at a crucial developmental stage...
Plausible to Straus, anyway. According to Trumbull, more sophisticated studies have consistently shown that corporal punishment is effective and not harmful to long-term development if it is confined to youngsters between 18 months and 6 years. Younger children have a poor understanding of the consequences of their behavior. If inappropriate behavior gets out of hand--especially if it poses a danger to the child or to others--a smack on the bottom may be the only way to control...
Trouble is, while spanking is down, child abuse is still up. It appears that well-meaning professionals have been using the wrong whipping boy--and Straus' study offers little reason to change that assessment...