A 2014 studyoncollegestudentsfoundthatthosewithover-controllingparentshadsignificantlyhigherlevelsofdepressionandlesssatisfactionwithlifeduetotheirlackofautonomy.
Throughouttheworld, around 80 percentofparentsreportusingphysicalpunishmentslikespankingtodisciplinetheirchildren, whichisscarywhenyoulookintowhateffectspankinghasonthem.