Hitted children become successful adults: Study
Michigan: A new study has found out that children who get smacked by their parent when they are young, grow up to become more successful. Researchers in the United States say that kids who are hit by their parents up to the age of six, have greater chances of growing up as happy, content individuals than those who got away without being smacked in their childhood, according to themedguru.
The researchers at the Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said that Smacked children were more likely to take on voluntary work and were found to be more eager to attend university. This kind of support for beating up of children may agitate the campaigners of children's rights, who have, from time to time, tried to seek a ban on smacking of children in Britain but in vain.
Marjorie Gunnoe, Professor of psychology at the Calvin College in Michigan said her study reveals that the evidence indicating violent behavior or long-term harm of children as a consequence of childhood-smacking was unsatisfactory. "The claims made for not spanking children fail to hold up. They are not consistent with the data. I think of spanking as a dangerous tool, but there are times when there is a job big enough for a dangerous tool. You just don't use it for all your jobs," said Gunnoe. She further added that children who are not physically-disciplined by their parents at a young age may even fail to develop self-discipline and lack social skills, which could keep them from succeeding in life.
But the research has also revealed that the smacking should only be done till certain age after which it become problematic. The research, which involved 2,600 people, said smacking children between the ages of two and six may benefit them in the long run. The study highlighted the fact that if parents continue smacking their kids during adolescence, they might end up showing behavioral problems.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children refuses to accept the findings of the study. "The NSPCC believes that children should have the same legal protection from assault as adults do," said a spokeswoman for the charity.
Aric Sigman, a psychologist and author of The Spoilt Generation: Why Restoring Authority will Make our Children and Society Happier said "The idea that smacking and violence are on a continuum is a bizarre and fetishised view of what punishment or smacking is for most parents. If it's done judiciously by a parent who is normally affectionate and sensitive to their child, our society should not be up in arms about that. Parents should be trusted to distinguish this from a punch in the face."
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