Here’s a study on the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) on adult physical/mental health and morbidity rates, associated with the ACE Scale .
The most comprehensive summaries of research are found in the work of Elizabeth Gershoff, Ph.D., meta-analysis studies of 2002, updated studies of 2008.
Here’s what the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services , the American Humane Association , the United Nations say about it. The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children names 38 countries that have banned it. The U.S. is not on the list.
Kids in the House (evidence-based online parenting resource)The U.S. Alliance to Stop the Hitting of Children Stop Spanking Project No Spank ChildTrauma Academy (for professionals)10 Reasons Not to Hit Your Child Spanking is a Sex Act Which is Why It Should Not Be Used for Punishing Children Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff, The Science of Spanking
Robyn Peters Bennett Interview, What Neuroscience and Research Says About Spanking
National Council for Behavioral Health – Bruce Perry, Born for Love: Why Empathy is Endangered – and Essential
TEDx – Robyn Peters Bennett, Violence – A Family Tradition Treating the Core Problem of Childhood Trauma
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September 18, 2014 in Uncategorized . Tags: ACE Scale , ACE Study , Bruce Perry , childhood trauma , discipline , Elizabeth Gershoff , hitting , Kids in the House , morbidity rates , National Council for Behavioral Health , No Spank , No Spank ChildTrauma Academy , Physical Punishment , Robyn Peters Bennett , Spanking
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