‘Hitting kids should never be allowed’: Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools
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Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this month bans physical punishment in private schools while reiterating a prohibition on the practice in public schools implemented 30 years ago.
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Studies have shown that even small acts of violence have detrimental effect on the brain so no, it's never not the worst, it is always bad.
Can you cite such studies, please?
Thank you for asking. Here is a more recent one. https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/21/04/effect-spanking-brain
Great source, thank you!
This will sound like I'm shifting the goalposts (and perhaps it is), but I was at least on some abstract level thinking of something more benign than spanking.
Even harsh verbal abuse is damaging