Shouldparentseverhittheirchildren?Researchsuggestsmanyofusarelikelytorespond“no”andpublicsupportforspanking(打屁股)hasbeenfallingovertheyears.Butsurveysalsoshowthat75percenttonearly90percentof

　　Shouldparentseverhittheirchildren?

　　Researchsuggestsmanyofusarelikelytorespond“no”andpublicsupportforspanking(打屁股)hasbeenfallingovertheyears.Butsurveysalsoshowthat75percenttonearly90percentofparentsadmitspankingtheirchildatleastonce.

　　Iwasraisedinazero-tolerance(零容忍)homefordisrespectandmyparentsoftenturnedtophysicalpunishment.AndnoIdon’tfeelIwasdamagedbyit.

　　Nothingismoreannoyingthanwatchingill-manneredbehaviorfromchildren.

　　Butthereisdatatosuggestthatareturntoold-schoolspankingisn’ttheanswer.

　　TwoyearsagoNewsweekreportedthatithadfounddatasuggestingthatteenswhoseparentsusedphysicalpunishmentweremorelikelytobecomeaggressive(好斗的).

　　MurrayStrausprofessorattheUniversityofNewHampshireinAmericahasstudiedthetopicofchildrenandspankingfordecades.HesaidthatchildrenwhowerephysicallypunishedhavelowerIQsthantheirpeers.ItmaybethatchildrenwithlowerIQsweremorelikelytogetspankedbutthepunishmentmayhavebeencounterproductive(反作用)totheirmentaldevelopmentaswell.

　　Someresearchersmaketheargumentthatoccasionalopen-handedsmacks(用巴掌打)onthebottomarenotonlyharmlessbutcanhavesomebenefit.

　　LastyearMarjorieGunnoeapsychologistatCalvinCollegestudiedteenswhohaveneverbeenspanked.Thereareagreaternumberofchildrengrowingupwithouteverhavingbeenphysicallypunished.Gunnoe’sresearchsuggeststheydon’tturnoutanybetterthanthosewhoweresometimesspanked.

　　Therearesomeparentswhosimplycannotcontroltheirtempers.ButIstillbelievethatthebestparentsaretheoneswhoareabletoofferfairandfirmdiscipline(管教)withouteverturningtophysicalpunishment.

　　Whatcanweknowfromtheresearchinthesecondparagraph?

　　A.Manyoftheparentsmadenoresponsetothesurvey.

　　B.Moreandmorepeoplesupportspankinginpublic.

　　C.Mostparentshavetheexperienceofspankingtheirchildren.

　　D.Manyoftheparentsthinktheyshouldhittheirchildren.

　　AccordingtoMarjorieGunnoe’sresearch________.

　　A.thechildrenwhohaveneverbeenspankeddobetterthanthosewhoweresom