Violence – a family tradition

This is very lovely in that the harm that spanking creates is very simply explained. Please listen.

“Spanking is sanctioned violence against children”

Robbyn Peters Bennett, LMHC, CMHS is a psychotherapist, educator, and child advocate who specializes in the treatment of trauma-related mental health problems resulting from the effects of early childhood stress, abuse and neglect. She is the founder of StopSpanking.org, a non-profit dedicated to educating the public on the dangers of spanking. She is on the steering committee of The U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children. Robbyn is currently producing a documentary, The Last Resort, about the cultural practice of spanking children.

http://www.tedxbellingham.com

More:

• The Facts About Spanking – The shocking science about the long-term effects of corporal punishment, essential viewing for every parent!

• I was spanked, and I turned out OK

• More: Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (trauma in childhood associated with many later problems, including that which gets labeled mental illness)

• SEE ALSO: Healing generational pain and trauma (that special stuff we get from our families)

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