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University of Texas: Twin Study Shows Why Physical Punishment Leads to Child Behavior Problems
March 25, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, March 25 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:

Harsh parenting practices, not genetics, are linked to higher levels of behavior problems in children, according to a new study in the March 2021 volume of Psychological Science, which studied pairs of twins whose parents disciplined them differently.

Among identical twins whose genes match perfectly but whose parents punished each twin differently, the children who were spank . . .

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