ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the Idea that hitting children to correct and control their behavior reduces their chances of attaining the American Dream. It deals with the theory that hitting a child lowers the chance that he or she will eventually be in a high-level occupation with a high income. The chapter describes the implications are profound because the side effects of corporal punishment are wide ranging and significant and provides data on the middle variable and Alienation/Powerlessness. The analyses allowed for the fact that corporal punishment, violence, depression, and alienation may overlap with such things as socioeconomic status and violence between parents. Americans tend to evaluate themselves and others on the basis of income and occupation, so a person's position on the occupational ladder and earnings influence his or her self esteem. Alienation in turn may interfere with later occupational success and income.
