view of the issue. The developmental psychology side would look at the stages of a child. The developmental psychologists would look at how the child grew up, his/her surroundings, there environment, peers, family (parents), family history, and they would also look at the exposure to violence the child received. They look at these stages and family aspects of a child because they believe that they would obtain the best results from these observations. It was found that children who are spanked have a less trusting and affectionate relationship with their parents and feel less guilt about misbehavior, as opposed to concern about being caught (The Spanking Debate). This shows that corporal punishment does not always work. Parents and there history involved with corporal punishment, in other words spanking, may relate to how they act towards there own children and how they are punished for misbehavior. Some parents say, "if it was all right for me, it's all right for my kids". This philosophy acquired by Howard C. Stevenson (The Truth about Spanking) helps prove that parents who have been exposed to this type of punishment are not reluctant to punish their own spouses and children in the same manner. Also a psychologist found that forty years ago, more than 90 percent of the populations spanked their children. Surveys suggest that tod
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