Abstract
"The Pediatrician and Corporal Punishment"1 makes several points that are both timely and well supported by the literature in psychology and child development. Corporal punishment, at least in the forms available to parents, only temporarily alters behavior. When punishment is repeatedly administered, the effects are minimized or negated. This can lead to a snowball effect where the parent, having found mild spankings to be ineffective, increases the intensity of these spankings by employing such instruments as hair brushes, ping pong paddles, or belts. Frequently, the end result of this accelerating process is total frustration for parents since their attempts at behavior management have failed.
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