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Data were drawn from Wave 1 of a study conducted in 2017–2018 that included adolescents (14–17 years old) and one of their parents/caregivers from Manitoba, Canada ( n = 1000 pairs). The study objectives were to examine: 1) spanking beliefs of adolescents and their parents; 2) the correlation between parent and adolescent spanking beliefs; 3) whether parents perceive the words “spank” vs. “hit” differently using intraclass correlation; 4) the association between parents’ beliefs about spanking and parent- and adolescent-reported use of it; and 5) the relationship between sociodemographic variables and spanking. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlation, intraclass correlation, and binary and multinomial logistic regression analyses. Results Corporal punishment has again captured national attention following the release of a video in May 2021 of a Florida principal paddling a young girl. The video, secretly captured by the student's mother, shows the principal striking the student with a wooden paddle in response to her damaging a computer. While a violation of district policy, the principal's actions were deemed legal by both the local sheriff's office and the state attorney's office. The prevalence of spanking by parents during childhood remains high whether it be reported by adolescents (46%) or parents (39.6%). Given the numerous detrimental outcomes linked to corporal punishment, its prevalence highlights the need to strengthen efforts to prevent its use in Canada. More research is needed to inform spanking prevention efforts. Foremost, the finding that adolescents’ and parents’ beliefs were positively correlated suggests cross-generational transmission. Parents’ agreement that spanking is normative was associated with 7.09 times increased odds that adolescents would have the same belief. Parents’ beliefs in the normativity and necessity of spanking were strong predictors of whether their children had been spanked, as reported by either parents or their adolescents. Based on a real-life story, the main character is given three strokes of the cane in front of her class for being late to school. [5]
Straus M. Corporal punishment and primary prevention of physical abuse. Child Abuse Negl. 2000;24:1109–14. Jaya (2017-08-10). "How Mum Lina Ng Disciplines Her Children | theAsianparent". sg.theasianparent.com . Retrieved 2021-09-10.Straus MA, Stewart JH. Corporal punishment by American parents: national data on prevalence chronicity severity, and duration, in relation to child and family characteristics. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 1999;2(2):55–70. For example, rather than being paddled, students who damage school property might discuss their behavior with adults and other students involved and then contribute to repairing the property. However, these efforts have not been able to get much traction. Louisiana's bill failed to pass in the House, with critics pointing to a preference for local school districts to make the decision. In fact, the last state ban occurred in 2011, when New Mexico outlawed the practice. S1, Ep.18; Basic Genealogy. A young woman (Britta) gets spanked with a switch by a classmate's grandmother. [26]
Fortier J, Stewart-Tufescu A, Salmon S, et al. Associations between lifetime spanking/slapping and adolescent physical and mental health and behavioral outcomes. Can J Psychiatry. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/7067437211000632. Main character is punished by his father with a leather belt; later he is lashed in a prisoner of war camp.S3, Ep.14: Journey into Violence. An accused man held by a sect is flogged with a whip after being recaptured. A primary predictor of parents’ use of corporal punishment is the belief that it is a normal, necessary, and expected part of parenting [ 28, 29, 30, 31, 32]. In a Canadian study, approval of physical punishment was found to be the most powerful of eight predictors of mothers’ use of physical punishment with their preschoolers [ 30]. A key belief among mothers at high risk for using punishment is that physical punishment is necessary and instrumental for achieving parental goals [ 33]. Furthermore, data from 65 countries found that the caregiver’s belief that physical punishment was needed for a child to be raised properly was associated with the largest odds of spanking (Odds Ratio = 2.55, p< 0.001) [ 34]. Throughout the literature, supportive attitudes toward physical punishment are consistently associated with an increased likelihood of its use [ 30, 31, 32]. Venkataraman, Soundarya (2021-05-02). " 'Girls' Generation 1979'…A dainty depiction of love and friendship". Medium . Retrieved 2021-06-10. I’m not here for public videos showcasing fed up parents beating their children, no matter their offense. For a kid to understand the effectiveness of a spanking, there has to be a level of trust with the parent and after the child has gotten spanked, there should be a clear understanding of what they did wrong. That would require having a chat with a child about their wrongdoings, at some point. Once the punishment becomes public social fodder, and humiliation is used, that trust between the parent and a child can easily be broken.
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