Shouldparentseverhittheirchildren?Researchsuggestsmanyofusarelikelytorespond“no”andpublicsupportforspanking(打屁股)hasbeenfallingovertheyears.Butsurveysalsoshowthat75percenttonearly90percentof
Shouldparentseverhittheirchildren?
Researchsuggestsmanyofusarelikelytorespond“no”andpublicsupportforspanking(打屁股)hasbeenfallingovertheyears.Butsurveysalsoshowthat75percenttonearly90percentofparentsadmitspankingtheirchildatleastonce.
Iwasraisedinazero-tolerance(零容忍)homefordisrespectandmyparentsoftenturnedtophysicalpunishment.AndnoIdon’tfeelIwasdamagedbyit.
Nothingismoreannoyingthanwatchingill-manneredbehaviorfromchildren.
Butthereisdatatosuggestthatareturntoold-schoolspankingisn’ttheanswer.
TwoyearsagoNewsweekreportedthatithadfounddatasuggestingthatteenswhoseparentsusedphysicalpunishmentweremorelikelytobecomeaggressive(好斗的).
MurrayStrausprofessorattheUniversityofNewHampshireinAmericahasstudiedthetopicofchildrenandspankingfordecades.HesaidthatchildrenwhowerephysicallypunishedhavelowerIQsthantheirpeers.ItmaybethatchildrenwithlowerIQsweremorelikelytogetspankedbutthepunishmentmayhavebeencounterproductive(反作用)totheirmentaldevelopmentaswell.
Someresearchersmaketheargumentthatoccasionalopen-handedsmacks(用巴掌打)onthebottomarenotonlyharmlessbutcanhavesomebenefit.
LastyearMarjorieGunnoeapsychologistatCalvinCollegestudiedteenswhohaveneverbeenspanked.Thereareagreaternumberofchildrengrowingupwithouteverhavingbeenphysicallypunished.Gunnoe’sresearchsuggeststheydon’tturnoutanybetterthanthosewhoweresometimesspanked.
Therearesomeparentswhosimplycannotcontroltheirtempers.ButIstillbelievethatthebestparentsaretheoneswhoareabletoofferfairandfirmdiscipline(管教)withouteverturningtophysicalpunishment.
Whatcanweknowfromtheresearchinthesecondparagraph?
A.Manyoftheparentsmadenoresponsetothesurvey.
B.Moreandmorepeoplesupportspankinginpublic.
C.Mostparentshavetheexperienceofspankingtheirchildren.
D.Manyoftheparentsthinktheyshouldhittheirchildren.
AccordingtoMarjorieGunnoe’sresearch________.
A.thechildrenwhohaveneverbeenspankeddobetterthanthosewhoweresom