NYU Professor Dr. Amy Slep on How Discipline Turns into Abuse

🎧 In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Amy Slep — clinical psychologist, NYU professor, and leading researcher on child discipline, family violence, and aggression.

Dr. Slep has spent her career studying the often invisible impact of harsh parenting, corporal punishment, and verbal aggression. From subtle emotional harm to lasting trauma, her work reveals what truly happens when children are disciplined with fear instead of empathy.

We discuss:

Why corporal punishment doesn’t work

The long-term psychological effects of harsh discipline

What the research really says about “tough love”

Better, science-backed ways to raise emotionally healthy children

Whether you’re a parent, educator, or just someone who wants to break cycles of harm, this episode will challenge what you thought you knew — and offer a better path forward.

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