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Per Natural Resources:
"Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children Corporal punishment – or the use of spanking as a disciplinary tool –increases aggression in young children in the long run and is ineffective in teaching a child responsibility and self-control. In fact, new evidence suggests that it may cause harm to the child by affecting normal brain development. Other methods that teach children right from wrong are safer and more effective.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has strengthened its call to ban corporal punishment within an updated policy statement, "Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children" (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2018/11/01/peds.2018-3112). The policy statement, which was published in the December 2018 issue of Pediatrics, also addresses the harm associated with verbal punishment, such as shaming or humiliation. The AAP supports educating family members and caregivers on more effective discipline strategies that teach appropriate behavior and protect the child and others from harm."
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