Trends in Time-Out Research: Are We Focusing Our Efforts Where Our Efforts are Needed?

2012

William Warzak
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Many parents in the United States discipline their children using spanks or other forms of corporal punishment (e.g., Gershoff, 2008; Regalado, Sareen, Inkelas, Wissow, & Halfon, 204; Socolar, Savage, & Evans, 2007; Straus & Stewart, 1999). Indeed, estimates of parental use of corporal punishment as a disciplinary technique in America range as high as 94% (Murray, Straus & Stewart, 1999). In contrast to these findings, 30 countries have banned corporal punishment of children, and 28 states and the District of Columbia have banned corporal punishment in schools (Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, 2010). Clearly, many American parents discipline in a way that has become internationally unacceptable and contrary to best practices.

Time-Out, Discipline

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers, Students

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