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from the won't-someone-think-of-the-children dept.
I found this recently-published article, Children who are bullied suffer worse long-term mental health problems than those who are maltreated interesting. Here are some excerpts:
A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry shows that children who have been bullied by peers suffer worse in the longer term than those who have been maltreated by adults.
The research is led by Professor Dieter Wolke from Warwick's Department of Psychology and Warwick Medical School. The study is due to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in San Diego on Tuesday 28 April.
[...] Professor Wolke said: "The mental health outcomes we were looking for included anxiety, depression or suicidal tendencies. Our results showed those who were bullied were more likely to suffer from mental health problems than those who were maltreated. Being both bullied and maltreated also increased the risk of overall mental health problems, anxiety and depression in both groups."
An abstract and full article (pdf) are available.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by t-3 on Monday May 04 2015, @02:58PM
Um, yes, some of them do. My dad used to hand out whoopings for no reason, or throw me around by the neck just for being in the same room as him. I've seen many parents do similar, and I've also seen many parents responsibly discipline their children. I've also seen the "no-spanking" crowd and their tyrannical brats running everywhere and yelling and hitting them.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @04:16PM
It's sad that you've obviously seen no single child that was responsibly brought up. That is, without spanking, but yet also not in an "everything you do is great" attitude which is all to common.
No spanking doesn't mean no rules, nor does it mean no punishment. It just means no spanking.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by vux984 on Monday May 04 2015, @08:43PM
No spanking doesn't mean no rules, nor does it mean no punishment. It just means no spanking.
Depends... if you aren't willing to physically restrain and/or literally drag your child out of a situation as part of your interpretation of "no-spanking" then you are pretty powerless as parent. The child is misbehaving, you attempt to intercede, the child turns their back on you and walks away and continues to misbehave. A lot of the no-spanking crowd seem to be in this camp -- where "no spanking" means "no physical force" at all. And that's shitty parenting; because the child will figure out they can just ignore you and that any consequences you might have... they can just ignore them too.