Should parents spank their children?
Should parents spank their children?
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The surprise verdict in the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial, in which a Fairfax, Va., jury awarded Depp $15 million and Heard $2 million on her counterclaim, has been met with cries of dismay and anger from progressive punditry and social media — which had already been deploring the pro-Depp drift of online public opinion as a misogynistic backlash.
Smacking your child can affect their brain development by altering neural responses to their environment, a new study warns. Harvard University researchers investigated the effects of smacking, known as corporal punishment, on the brains of 147 children. They found it may affect a child's brain development in similar ways to 'more severe forms of violence' and maltreatment. Children who had been smacked had a greater neural response in multiple regions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), including in regions that are part of what's known as the 'salience network' (SN). These regions resp...