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Australian Doctors Call for Ban on Smacking Kids Australian doctors Friday called for the smacking of children by parents to be made illegal, saying it was too easy to blur the line between reasonable discipline and abuse.	Attached at the Heart is available now Exciting News! Presenting a new edition of *Attached at the Heart*
Hitting in Childhood Tied to Adult Obesity and Heart Disease [VIDEO] Children who were punished physically had higher risks for cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and obesity in adulthood, researchers found.	Does Outlawing Spanking Lower the Crime Rate Years Later? Spare the rod and lower the crime rate? There is a growing body of data suggesting such a link.
Hitting in Childhood Tied to Adult Obesity and Heart Disease Children who were punished physically had higher risks for cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and obesity in adulthood, researchers found.	Early Trauma, Lasting Damage Once scientists learned that smoking changes the brain, making it very difficult to quit, we were able to devise treatments to help smokers change their behavior. Today we are witnessing another health revolution that is just as far-reaching.
This Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You - Positive Parenting "When a parent hurts her child, the parent has to deaden her natural empathy. We know, for instance, that watching a violent image reduces our empathy.	How Can We Help Children Become 'Upstanders' to Bullying? "The common denominator of all types of bullying is a lack, or erosion, of empathy. Nurturing empathy, a potential that is present in almost all children, is therefore at the heart of interventions to prevent bullying."
How Can We Help Children Bounce Back? "When we help children recover from feelings of discouragement and when we are able to repair moments of anger and misunderstanding, we have strengthened their inner resources for coping with disappointment and distress.

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