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Fathers who were spanked (打屁股) as children are less likely to spank their own children than mothers who were spanked when they were young – they spanked their children very little, according to a study. Researchers wanted to find out whether parents nowadays follow the practices of their own mothers but found parents today were showing a lot more affection (喜爱) for their children, reading to them more and spanking them less. “We are surprised that the second-generation (代) mothers seem to learn a lot about parenting skills from their own mothers, while fathers don’t folTrees can stop the wind ______ the earth away.A.from blowingB.to blowC.blowD.blows