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Author: Cuddy, Emily
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1. Reeves, Richard V.
Cuddy, Emily
Hitting Kids: American Parenting and Physical Punishment
Brookings Policy Memo Series #4, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution, November 2014.
Also: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/social-mobility-memos/posts/2014/11/06-parenting-hitting-mobility-reeves
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Keyword(s): Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parenting Skills/Styles; Punishment, Corporal

Why do adults hit children? Whichever euphemism is used - "spank,": "smack," "pop," "whup/whip: - the goal is typically the same: to correct or to punish a child's behavior by causing physical pain. In terms of altering children's behavior in the short run, physical punishment is mostly effective. But questions remain about its long term effects, some of which we address in this memo.
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Reeves, Richard V. and Emily Cuddy. "Hitting Kids: American Parenting and Physical Punishment." Brookings Policy Memo Series #4, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution, November 2014.