Spanking isn’t a bygone, outmoded form of parenting in Canada, according to a new study that finds a sizeable proportion of millennial and gen Z parents are spanking their kids. “Older generations would encourage new parenting generations, ‘This is how you raise children,'” Afifi said, influences that can be hard to move away from. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementMost parents who spank “are probably very loving parents,” Afifi said. Fewer millennial (22 per cent) and gen Z parents (18 per cent) said they have spanked their kids. Overall, 28 per cent of parents of all ages in the survey reported spanking their kids — two per cent reported spanking daily, eight per cent weekly, seven monthly and 78 per cent less than monthly.

Source: National Post April 08, 2026 11:38 UTC