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spanking stories: 7 news summaries

 Spanked Kids 
 Have Lower IQs 

Offspring of hands-off parents test better: scientists

Sep 25, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - American children whose parents use spanking for discipline have lower IQs than those who aren't spanked, a new study finds. Researchers assessed about 800 2- to 4-year-olds and 700 5- to 9-year-olds and revisited them 4 years later, reporting a dropoff of up to 5 IQ points in kids whose... More »

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parenting • children • discipline • scientific study • spanking • corporal punishment • babies

 Kate Defends 
 Spanking 
 Daughter 

Mom under fire in latest brouhaha to hit Jon & Kate Plus 8

Jun 18, 09 2:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the latest brouhaha to hit Jon & Kate Plus 8, the brood's beleaguered mom is defending her controversial spanking of daughter Leah that was captured by paparazzi. The series of still shots show Kate Gosselin jerking the arm of the 5-year-old, reaching around Leah's backside, and finally, Leah clutching... More »

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television • spanking • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • sextuplets • Leah Gosselin

(Newser) - Spanking your partner may ratchet up their stress hormones, but they’ll thank you when it’s over, according to a new study. Researchers measured levels of the stress hormone cortisol in 13 men and women at one S&M party, and testosterone levels at another. Those on... More »

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stress • psychology • relationship • spanking • sado-masochism • cortisol • bondage

8-Year-Old Accused of Murders Kept Spanking Tally

Boy swore 1,000th spanking would be last: police

Nov 27, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - An 8-year-old Arizona boy charged with murdering his father and a family friend may have kept a written tally of his parents’ spankings, swearing that the 1,000th would be the last, the Arizona Republic reports. Police records say the boy “is believed to have made ledgers and or... More »

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crime • Arizona • shooting • spanking • patricide

200K US Students Spanked
Last School Year: Report

Blacks make up disproportionate number of the punished

Aug 20, 08 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Over 200,000 US children were on the receiving end of corporal punishment last year, and a disproportionate number were black, a pair of human-rights groups finds. Black students, who make up 17.1% of the national school population, made up 35.6% of those paddled, CNN notes. Overall spankings... More »

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education • spanking • corporal punishment

Spanked Kids May Become Sex Aggressors: Study

Heavy corporal punishment increases likelihood of masochism, rape

Feb 29, 08 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Though some 90% of American parents do it, spanking remains highly controversial, and research being released today will probably fan the flames, Newsweek reports. Heavily spanking kids has a major effect on their eventual sex lives, a new study finds, making them more likely to coerce a partner into having... More »

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parenting • sex • child abuse • sexual behavior • safe sex • spanking • sado-masochism

Stripper Spanks Schoolboy While Class Watches

British teen gets real birthday 'surprise'

Nov 9, 07 12:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A British teenager who was supposed to get a "gorilla-gram" for his birthday instead got a spanking from a stripper dressed as a policewoman in front of his teacher and classmates, reports Sky News. The boy's mother had arranged for an unidentified agency to give her son the "... More »

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sex scandal • stripper • exotic dancer • strip o gram • spanking • teenager

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