What got me started on this assignment was an article I had read a little while back which caught my eye. Its headline reads “Spanking can cause long-term harm” with the sub-heading “Study: Risks outweigh any benefit of instant obedience.” After reading through the report it immediately came to mind that corporal punishment was a social norm in its own right but not so clear and cut about how widely accepted it was. Then I thought about the points brought up and how I could apply them to my own life and experiences. Basically, the article is a brief report about a certain Elizabeth Gershoff who has recently taken it upon herself to undertake a large-scale meta-ana

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