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| The Fallacies of Pro-Spanking Science | 29 Sep 2005 18:43 GMT | 7 |
Pro-spanking "science" is replete with Cargo Cult thinking and expressions of opinion. They just "know" that it works, while ignoring their careful exclusionary construction in variables -- leaving out critical components to the issue of so called "success" of spanking as
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| Professor of Psychology and Jordan Riak debate spanking | 29 Sep 2005 05:34 GMT | 12 |
Note: While Mr. Riak has not placed a copyright notice on this exchange he is the originator of his portion and proper respect of his right would include, should you quote him, full citation including source by URL. Or if offline, his name and the name of his Organization. Thank
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| Baumrind bogus....as Larzelere | 27 Sep 2005 02:37 GMT | 13 |
Murray Straus' comments on Baumrind's data August 27, 2001 I heard Diana Baumrind's paper and responded to it to several reporters after. See the Saturday NY Times for Saturday 25 August. I
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| A President Calls for a Ban on spanking | 21 Sep 2005 07:16 GMT | 14 |
Now THIS is interesting, given the type of government I WAS familiar with in Taiwan. I spent considerable time there in the somewhat distant past. Apparently things are changing. Even Capital Punishment is being reduced, with far fewer executions than before.
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| Could children be hit by teachers in the 70's? | 17 Sep 2005 00:18 GMT | 103 |
I saw a film that was made in 1976 and in it teachers were able to fully hit HS kids with no consequences. Was this Hollywood, or could teachers actually hit kids in these days? Thanks,
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| Where is the United States? | 14 Sep 2005 01:28 GMT | 1 |
Countries where children are protected by law from all corporal punishment: Sweden (1979) Finland (1983)
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| Educating bobber. | 10 Sep 2005 12:49 GMT | 1 |
Tell yah what, let's spankem'. That oughta work. 0;-> ... "It would appear that this is a function of the development of their brains at that time. It's not a cultural phenomenon. It's a real biological-based phenomenon from which, fortunately, they recover.
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| One undesirable side effect. | 09 Sep 2005 03:57 GMT | 4 |
Or for some of you compulsives, possibly the most wanted effect. http://nospank.net/sdsc3.pdf We are going to be adding our country to this list. Count on it. Countries where children are protected by law
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| Baumrind bogus 2. And went unpublished. | 06 Sep 2005 18:43 GMT | 12 |
Baumrind, if you don't recall, was the "researcher" that presented, orally, to an annual APA conference her conclusions that spanking presented no problems and in fact had a positive effect on children's behaviors. A glaring fallacy as any examination of her study
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