Spare the rod, spoil the child: measurement and learning from an intervention to shift corporal punishment attitudes and behaviors in Grenada, West Indies

• Main Authors: Barbara Landon (Author), Elizabeth D. Thomas (Author), Lauren Orlando (Author), Roberta Evans (Author), Toni Murray (Author), Lauren Mohammed (Author), Jesma Noel (Author), Rashida Isaac (Author), Randall Waechter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Childrearing practices in the Caribbean and other postcolonial states have long been associated with corporal punishment and are influenced by expectations of children for respectfulness and obedience. Evidence across settings shows that physical punishment of young children is both ineffective and...