Parenting Understood Revisited: Reconsidering Corporal Punishment With Jorge Cuartas

Today, we go back to episode 14 to visit the controversial topic of corporal punishment. Our guest Jorge Cuartas will discuss some of the negative consequences that can be associated with corporal punishment. We hope you enjoy and we will be back soon with new episodes! Today we are excited to be joined by Jorge Cuartas. Jorge is a PhD candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-author of Corporal Punishment and Elevated Neural Response to Threat in Children. He researches the negative impacts of violence including harsh discipline as it impacts children. He recently addressed the House of Representatives in Colombia as they consider a federal ban on corporal punishment. In one study, nearly half of parents interviewed were found to have spanked their children with one third having done so in the last week. Jorge will discuss with us the negative and dangerous impacts of spanking and corporal punishment. While spanking is often done with the intention of creating good behavior, Jorge will present how the effects can actually be the opposite.