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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: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Monday May 04 2015, @07:14PM
Hitting a child is not maltreatment.
Tell that to CPS when any random report of even the mildest swat on the behind is sufficient to get your kids taken away from you.
Kids these days know no boundaries. My dad had a glare that could set my hair on fire. Why? Because of the few times I learned early in life what comes after the glare.
Neither the glare or the swat is acceptable today.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 05 2015, @11:57PM
There are states where spanking is allowed. There are even a few where the schools are allowed to spank.