spanking vs hitting

English to Romanian Art/Literary Psychology

Last fall, the journal Child Development published research findings stating that yelling at your kids can be just as bad as spanking and could cause behaviour problems and emotional development issues. [...] The effects of frequent verbal discipline and insults were comparable to those of physical discipline (like spanking and hitting) over the course of the two-year study.

Proposed translations (Romanian)

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a trage o palmă vs a lovi

Virág-Lilla Rácz

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Non-PRO (1): Tatiana Bejan

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