The Psychological Case Against Corporal Punishment
By Dr. Paul Mullen All the news about the Minnesota Vickings' Adrian Peterson abusing his child has brought the topic of corporal punishment to the forefront. Online and in the news I've seen stories of people who are basically child abuse apologists, each citing some derivative of the "spare the rod" narrative, or perhaps spewing anecdotal evidence to suggest that their experience of parenting by violence has made them the person they are today. Even more upsetting, a rece
