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Why spanking should be avoided? What are the negative impacts of spanking on the kid? How to discipline a child without spanking? Ragini replied. Children should be dealt with love and affection. Spanking is not a solution for any problem but rather it gives rise to problems. Instead of spanking, you can discipline a child with rewards. Simple rewards as story time, play time are also good enough for small children. Teaching the child the value of good habits and discipline through stories is a good idea. Sylvester replied. I have seen children who have been spanked by their parents. There are lot of behavioural differences between a child who is brought up in a loving environment and one who is spanked. Spanking affects the brain and hence the thinking capacity is also affected. It also affects the confidence levels of the child. Laritt replied. Spanking does more harm than good. It should be avoided at any cost. Spanking leads to aggressiveness. Children who get a spanking have a feeling of resent in them. they usually become introvert and also resort to hitting others especially siblings.