(July 16, 2014 at 11:14 am)Napoléon Wrote: Baumrind doesn't seem to take into account that minor physical punishment often escalates into abuse, and many studies have proven that this is the case.
I agree that it can escalate.
If it happens often or not, I don't know.
Most parents seem to refrain from such escalations... most of the time.
That said, any institution studying this subject must send out only one message: never hit your kids.
This will bring the problem into the parents' awareness and significantly diminish these escalations.
