Moms who spank their 3-year-olds may increase the risk, according to a leading pediatric researcher. risk of aggressive behavior from their child over time. the next few years. Spanking is the most harmful form of punishment for 3-year-olds, considering the effects it produces in spanked children, either now or in the future. Spanking has been a common form of discipline for many years. As research on the negative effects of spanking continues to surface, spanking is becoming less common. Some of these negative effects include: The child does not understand the reasons why he or she is behaving appropriately, but avoids the behavior out of fear of being spanked. Spanking 3-year-olds can lead to a lot more aggression by age 5, and it is a form of spanking. discipline that becomes less effective with repeated use. Spanking does not teach children the reasons why they should act appropriately. When parents use corporal punishment, such as spanking, to discipline their children, they do so in order to improve their behavior. According to a report by a leading pediatric researcher, spanking does not teach children why they are being punished or why their behavior was wrong. Spanking teaches children to act in a desired manner solely out of fear of punishment. Being a spanking victim, I only feared the thought of being spanked, and that's why I changed my behavior for the time being. I didn't really understand why I was being punished. Children who are spanked do not understand the positive and important reasons for doing the right thing. Being physically aggressive while spanking your child causes him to be physically aggressive as well. According to the Pediatrics Journal, spanking at age 3...... middle of paper ......ture, and second, in the eyes of parents, must be increased in order to continue to be effective. This can eventually lead to child abuse because the parent will not understand how abusive they are to their child because the child will not react the same way to the spanking each time as they did to the first spanking. There are detrimental risks and downsides. to use spanking on children as a form of punishment. Children will never really learn why they are spanked. This will produce no benefit for the child later in life; it will actually hurt them because they are not learning important lessons as a child. A huge risk a parent takes when choosing to spank their child is that it may lead to an increase in aggression at age 5. Additionally, the more a parent spanks, the less effective it becomes. Spanking Has No Benefits and is Harmful to Children.