Gershoff, E. T.2017-01-232017-01-232013Gershoff, E. T. (2013). Spanking and child development: We know enough now to stop hitting our children. Child Development Perspectives, 7(3), 133-137.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768154/pdf/nihms-488975.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3161Spanking remains a common, if controversial, childrearing practice in the United States. In this article, I pair mounting research indicating that spanking is both ineffective and harmful with professional and human rights opinions disavowing the practice. I conclude that spanking is a form of violence against children that should no longer be a part of American childrearing. (Author Abstract)enchild abusephysical abusecorporal punishmentreviewchildren's rightsArticle