00:00For all you parents out there, I've got a new trend for you.
00:03Spanking your kids is apparently back in style.
00:06A recent study found 20% of Gen Z and millennial parents
00:10use spanking as a form of punishment.
00:1345% of Gen X parents also said they spanked their kids.
00:17The punishment first fell out of vogue
00:18after many experts pointed out spanking is not only ineffective,
00:21but carries serious long-term consequences.
00:24One pediatrician and parenting expert The Post spoke to said,
00:27quote, while it may result in compliance in the moment,
00:30it does so through fear rather than by teaching the deeper skills
00:33children actually need, such as self-regulation or sound judgment.
00:36She also noted that it can backfire and reinforce physical force
00:40as a reasonable response to conflict.
00:42The American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization
00:45both have taken a clear stance against spanking.
00:49In fact, 69 countries have made it illegal to spank kids
00:52or to use any other form of corporal punishment.
00:55The United States is not one of them.
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