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Pediatricians call for ban on spanking

By Kimberly Leonard
Published November 5, 2018 2:43pm ET
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Pediatricians call for ban on spanking
The nation’s largest pediatrics group has called for a ban on spanking. The American Academy of Pediatrics, which represents about 67,000 doctors, said Monday that spanking, hitting, and slapping were harmful for children and don’t work. “There’s no benefit to spanking,” Dr. Robert Sege, one of the authors of the policy, said in a statement. […]

The nation’s largest pediatrics group has called for a ban on spanking.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, which represents about 67,000 doctors, said Monday that spanking, hitting, and slapping were harmful for children and don’t work.

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