Physically punishing a child is never a valid solution and there is a risk of causing long -term negative psychological effects
I often hear the parents tell that “sometimes a slap flies” when the son exaggerates and that “a bracpellotto every now and then has never hurt anyone”. This belief is difficult to disassemble, and it is the result of a cultural heritage for which in the past it was common pedagogical practice to use physical punishment. Today body punishments on children are prohibited by law in different countries of the world. In Italy, however, there is no legislation that notice the topic, even if a 1996 sentence of the Constitutional Court condemns the beatings on children. In particular, a research carried out in 2012 by Ipsos, for Save the Childrenreveals that 22% of moms and dads slap the children a time a month, and if you move from the age group 3-5 years to the next 6-10 years the percentage increases to 27%.
Leaving aside the cases of full -blown family violence, the use of slap to punish children is however perceived as a wrong gesture. When they come to exasperation because the previous educational methods have not had any effect, however, many parents do not deny resorting to the “bachelor”.
