Doubts are being expressed over the latest research by experts at the New Hampshire University stating that children who are smacked by their parents are less intelligent.
Psychiatrists in the city believe that the study has a deeper meaning that what is being conveyed through the words 'lower intelligence'.
Says clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Narendra Kinger, "Spanking definitely makes a child anxious, insecure and withdrawn from the world, but the figures the research states i.e. 5 points and 2.8 points are not statistically significant. In fact when a child gets anxious, he tends to be less curious, which affects his problem solving capacity, thereby reducing his intelligence. The reports could possibly be to just gain some mileage too."
Infact, actress Pooja Bedi refuses to go by these finding. "I was spanked by my mom and I still managed to top the class. I've smacked my children too, when it came to disciplining them, but that has not lowered their level of intelligence."
She finds company in television actor Manish Goyal, who says he had been battered on a number of occasions, but, "I've never suffered from low IQ," he voices, "But, the research could be a good way to further stop parents from beating their children."
Psychiatrists share that while spanking reduces confidence, affects self esteem, causes depression and often lowers the emotional quotient of a child, it also depends on the environment they are subjected too.
Explains consulting psychiatrist Dr Anjali Chhabria, "There are many more reasons for a child's lower IQ than just spanking. Probably the parents themselves may be less intelligent or they themselves could be suffering from an anxiety disorder or for that matter can't provide the right stimulus to their children. The analysis seems to very simplified reading and less likely."
Dr Kersi Chavda, consultant psychiatrist at P D Hinduja Hospital concludes, "Intelligence is what one is born with and so it can't decline simply because the child is being smacked. More than 60 per cent children undergo depression or suffer from anxiety due to spanking. Spanking affecting the emotional quotient is acceptable, but lowering the IQ of a child seems a little far fetched."
What all of them unanimously advocate is that spanking children is totally unwarranted for and parents should not pass on personal baggage on to their children.
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