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It's been found that if a child is spanked, his IQ will be lower.Researchers tested the intelligence quotients of two groups of children: 2-to-4-year-olds, and 5-to-9-year-olds. They then retested both groups four years later. While the IQ of all small children improves with age, it increased on average five points more for unspanked 2-to-4 year olds, and 2.8 points more for those who had not been spanked in the older group.
The researchers controlled for factors such as parents' socioeconomic level, but acknowledged the only way to make this type of study infallible is to randomly assign children into spanked and unspanked groups -- which wouldn't be ethical.
If they want to test the effect spanking has on adult cognition, we're pretty confident they can find volunteers for the study.
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Monday 28 September
By Heavytoka
So should I be a lot dumber seeing as I was punched instead of spanked?
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Monday 28 September
By swimtedswim
damn i just made my girl dumber last night
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Tuesday 29 September
By Deuce
So an admittedly unscientific study somehow constitutes proof?
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Tuesday 29 September
By Brian
Correlation does not imply causation! The kids that need to be spanked are probably just more stupid.
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Wednesday 30 September
By Dave
This study is total BS, I was spanked at home as well as at school (I went to school in a country where corporal punishment is allowed) and it had no effect on my grades. In fact I find most Americans to be less intelligent in general than people from other countries.
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Tuesday 29 September
By Russ Stewart
I was spanked, and I deserved it. Huffed stuff in Jr. High, did a LOT of drugs in my late teens and early- to mid-twenties (not advocating by any means; just sayin'). IQ's still sitting at 138, same as it ever was. When will we ever learn that, just because A coincides with B, it doesn't logically follow that A=B?
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Tuesday 29 September
By Just an Angel
If this is true, then Asians should be the dumbest people on the planet.
Asian parents aren't afraid to discipline kids in this fashion. I should know - I am one. My sister didn't get it as much as I did. There's a big difference between the both of us. Although she's doing alright, I'm still faring much better.
What a stupid study. Waste of money. Whoever approved this SHOULD be beaten.
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Tuesday 29 September
By gunslinger77
Oh, the joys of anti-Judeo/Christian sociological change. Not! How long before before "Thou shalt not commit murder" becomes overbearing. My older sister and I were both spanked, and have IQs of 180 and 155, respectively. Our younger sister was raised very liberally, and barely graduated High School.
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Tuesday 29 September
By Elizabeth
Umm... now, this is complete bs, but it does cause anger problems, emotional problems, and low self-esteem, trust me, i know... and it makes them hate their parents when they are older...
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Tuesday 29 September
By EricC
Wow, you couldn't have been more wrong if you tried. Everyone that I know that was spanked as a child has no anger issues (spanking != anger; spanking == discipline...as a side note, these same people are far more disciplined...coincidence?), have no emotional problems and have no low self-esteem. They also get along extremely well with their parents (or did, prior to their parents' passings), and appreciated the discipline they were provided.
Parents who spank are typically responsible people trying to raise their children properly. More often than not, they are successful, and they raise perfectly well-rounded, stand-up members of society.
If someone wants to draw a line between spanking and intellect, let's look at Liberals. They are typically the ones afraid to spank, and you don't get much dumber than a Liberal... =)
Tuesday 29 September
By Jonas999
There are three kinds of falsehoods...Lies, Damn Lies and statistics. Perhaps its not that spanking makes these kids dumber while the unspanked get smarter. Perhaps its just that smarter kids get spanked less because they're not quite so much a bunch of hethanistic little shites who cant do what they're told. Also there just might be another corelation in that the "smarter" kids might not be smarter but simply just more open to learning due to their higher level of cooperation with their teachers aka....lack of bastardness. Take it from a father, kids are delicate but spanking isn't going to make them dumb but like any negative reinforcment like spanking, yelling, even time outs can lead to a child that is uncooperative and stubborn to their own detriment.
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Wednesday 30 September
By Dan
I was spanked plenty for a multitude of reasons but compared to many of my friends, my actions may not have been nearly as bad. My IQ sits at well over 120 and so I can safely say that these findings don't apply to me at all. Another thing would be to compare these results with the adults in the U.S. prison system. How many of them were spanked and what are their IQ's?
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Wednesday 30 September
By Cody
This is absolute BS.
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Wednesday 30 September
By Zac
I was beaten and abused as a child and my IQ is 150.
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