This lesson can be valuable for your whole family. However, spanking is only one of the factors that needs to be considered in the overall discipline process. For More Information American Academy of Pediatrics. A comparison of northeastern and southern college students. Parenting , 136-141.
Southern parents spank children more than northern parents, study finds.
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