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Responsive parenting: A strategy to prevent violence This edition of the Bernard van Leer Foundation's biannual journal, Early Childhood Matters, addresses the theme of responsive parenting, and, in particular, the potential for responsive parenting programmes to reduce the incidence of violence... read more	Why you should never spank your daughter Children who are spanked don't have the option to flee or fight – they must submit to the pain and violence without grabbing, blocking, or defending against the assault to their body. Corporal punishment triggers the release of cortisol.
Strict parenting linked to substance abuse in teens Strict parenting increases the risk of drug abuse in teens, a latest research reveals.	Spanking the gray matter out of our kids How to discipline the next generation is a hotly debated topic.
Generation AP series In celebration of Attachment Parenting International's 20th Anniversary, this two-part "Generation AP" series recognizes two of today's second-generation Attachment Parenting parents:	Parents who support corporal punishment do it a lot When it comes to disciplining their young children, there’s a big gulf between what parents say they do and what they actually do.
What Is the best approach to discipline? When choosing an approach to dealing with a child's misbehavior, it is important to pay attention to what feels right to you. Here are some popular child-rearing approaches.	Stop Hitting Kids in School: An Interview with Nadine Block Though research continues to show that spanking and other forms of physical punishment are both ineffective and harmful, and despite many nations across the globe instituting bans on corporal punishment in... read more
Spanking Triggers Vicious Cycle, Study Finds Unruly kids more likely to be spanked, but doing so leads to more misbehavior, researcher says.	Ending Corporal Punishment: Why you should never spank a child "Honoring the rights of children is a human rights movement whose time has come. It couldn’t be more needed.

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