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Housecall for Health: Spanking Causes Adult Mental Illness

The causes of mental illnesses are something medical professionals continue to study, but new research shows that how children are disciplined might play a role.

FOX’s Colleen Cappon reports in today’s “Housecall for Health”:

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New research suggests that children who are disciplined with spanking are more likely to have mental health issues as an adult.  Published in the journal Pediatrics, the study analyzed data from a government survey, and found that those pushed, slapped or hit by their parents had a higher risk of developing mental health problems ranging from anxiety disorders to drug and alcohol abuse.

Housecall for Health, I’m Colleen Cappon, FOX News Radio.

4 Comments

  1. Stacey

    July 3, 2012 at 8:50 am

    Meanwhile the son of the guy who started this whole anti-spanking movement committed suicide. I've gotten my butt whooped and I'm no suicidal or homicidal lunatic. Although it isn't in the Bible I do believe there is some truth to the saying, "Spare the rod, spoil the child." Surely there is a difference between abuse and discipline, and it would behoove those who are anti-spanking to look at our jails and then tell us a butt whooping would not have done these kids any good. Puh-leez! My kid/s will know a good butt whooping. Believe that!

  2. Diane

    July 3, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    Yes

  3. dan williams

    July 3, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    Spanking/honest discipline will be the next thing outlawed by our government if ObamaTax (care) passes.

    Our government will own you and right to parent.

    Freedom is only alive if we fight to keep it that way.

  4. Eddd

    July 19, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    As Stacey said before, "there's a dicference between abuse and discipline"… I wonder why so called Scientists always come up with reasons to prevent parents from raising their children right! Remember dr Spock from the sixties? Things didn't work out well for his own children, and eventually he had to admit his theories on chld rearing were nonsense… Next they will tell us that if our child wants to live on candy, tv and computer games we should allow it.