BACKGROUND In 1989, the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child,
through its Committee on the Rights of the Child, called on all member states to ban corporal …

Spanking remains a common, if controversial, childrearing practice in the U nited S tates. In
this article, I pair mounting research indicating that spanking is both ineffective and harmful …

A Child’s World: Infancy Through Adolescence, Tenth Edition
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By the 1990s, it was recognized that the method by which causality is typically shown in
scientific studies—the randomized control trial—had limited application for studying the …

The question of whether physical punishment is helpful or harmful to the development of
children has been subject to hundreds of research studies over the past several decades …

Objectives To assess the prevalence of corporal punishment usage in the US population.
Methods This study was based on a 2014 cross-sectional, telephone survey of a nationally …

" It is a delight to see the Fourth Edition of Sommers-Flanagans's excellent work. They
understand counseling and therapy, their writing is clear, and this book will be enjoyed by …

Objectives. To determine the relationships between maternal depressive symptoms and the
use of infant health services, parenting practices, and injury-prevention measures. Methods …

This study draws on the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N= 2,032), a birth
cohort study of families with children from 20 US cities. Interviews occurred between August …

A major task for parents during the transition to second-time parenthood is to help their
firstborn adjust to their new roles as siblings. Increased father involvement has been …