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'Talking' is the best way to discipline kids

Would-be mothers learn parenting skills in China, apart from changing nappies and feeding, they also learn about disciplining.
Would-be mothers learn parenting skills in China, apart from changing nappies and feeding, they also learn about disciplining.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Taking away a privilege away from children was voted in placed second
  • Not a single woman in the United States expressed a preference for spanking
RELATED TOPICS
  • Parenting

(Reader's Digest) -- Spare the rod, period. That's what parents across the globe told us when we asked how they discipline their children.

Respondents in all 16 countries in this month's global survey picked a good talking to as the best tactic for teaching a lesson, by a wide margin.

Taking away a privilege placed second. Two other traditional forms of discipline - sending kids to their rooms and spanking - were the least favored choices in all but two countries.

Among respondents who did favor physical punishment, men outnumbered women in every country except Canada, France, and India.

Not a single woman in the United States expressed a preference for spanking.

See the full set of results here.