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New research published in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood looked at more than 13,000 mothers and their children. Researchers from the US found one in four of the mothers who were not depressed or exposed to violence smacked their children. But one in three of those who were either depressed or exposed to violence smacked their children. This figure rose to one in two for those who experien…