Liz Gershoff News Today

New research confirms that preschoolers don't get as much exercise outside when it's very hot out.

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is vowing legislation to prevent critical race theory from being taught in Texas colleges and universities. He is threatening potentially punitive action against professors who try to teach CRT.

April 12, 2021 | 9:54 AM When developmental psychologist Liz Gershoff began studying the effects of spanking and harsh parenting discipline in the 1990s, the topic was still the subject of intense debate in scientific circles: Was physical punishment actually harmful to kids? In the decades since, a growing body of research has offered a clear and resounding answer. Spanking and other forms of severe discipline – such as verbally berating or humiliating a child – have been repeatedly linked...

Liz Gershoff, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the department of human development and family sciences, studies spanking. Through research, shes debunked a lot of the theories around spanking that say its a valuable form of discipline. Her latest research, which was published in the journal "Psychological Science," sought to answer the question of whether genetics explain earlier studies that showed children who are spanked have more problems with aggression and behavior. ...