Why I Don’t Spank My Child

Sonya Triggs-Wharton
9 min readJan 5, 2020

….and Yes — I am Black.

My Beautiful Baby Girl
My Beautiful Baby Girl

I don’t spank my child. She’s six. And Yes — I’m Black.

I almost feel like that’s enough of a confessional there. Right or wrong — there’s a stereotype that most Black people spank their kids. And honestly — it’s not really that much of a stereotype. According to a CNN article:

In a study Gershoff co-authored that examined 20,000…

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Sonya Triggs-Wharton

Christian, Helper, Servant, Seeker. Masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I hope I write something that helps you.