Talk:Corporal punishment in the home

New Study in Pediatrics (journal)
A story is making the rounds in the news today, thought it may be of interest. Unlike previous news stories, this one is actually published in a journal already. Here is a full cite so that anyone interested can get it straight from the source and use this in the article as they like:

Rename to Physical punishment in the home
I think that "corporal punishment" conjures up specific forms of punishment, such as spanking. I wonder if it would be better to call this article Physical punishment in the home (or "in the family" or "by parents", as the scope of this article is not exactly limited to what happens within the home itself). What do you think? WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:32, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Not an unreasonable proposition. I'm not sure if corporal and physical are that distinct in terms of meaning, though now that I think about it, "corporal" is considered a bit antiquated.  The "in the home" part I think probably should be changed.  The article content is about punishment of a child by an adult who is responsible for that child in the parental sense (even if not an actual parent) regardless of where such things occur, e.g. in public; this is as opposed to in schools.  I'm not sure how to phrase it right.  Worth having that conversation though.Legitimus (talk) 19:49, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

The map is outdated
For example it does not include phillepines and zambia that have banned it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.254.60.74 (talk) 09:49, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Reads like original research
This article seems to be basically Gershoff's opinions repeated over and over again, as though Gershoff is the be-all, end-all expert. It also seems to assume that the goal of child discipline in general is to reduce aggression, so that therefore if punishment doesn't do that, it isn't effective. That's not the belief of every human, that aggression is automatically a bad thing.

This whole thing feels very preachy and unencyclopedic. Dbutler1986 (talk) 16:11, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Update the map
add Laos 2800:484:4879:B100:BC1B:39CB:521B:FF95 (talk) 01:36, 19 June 2024 (UTC)