Physical punishment harms children in 15+ documented ways. The cure: teach both parents and children to name their ...

A stricter school discipline framework announced by the Ministry of Education has revived debate on the effectiveness of ...

It might seem like something from another era, yet corporal punishment is still a common form of discipline in many families.

Now, a new study explores how corporal punishment might impact neural systems to produce those adverse effects. Corporal punishment can be simply defined as the "intentional infliction of physical ...

Children whose parents use "harsh" physical punishment such as slapping or shoving may end up in relatively poorer physical health as adults, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of more than ...

Physically punishing children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has exclusively negative outcomes—including poor health, lower academic performance, and impaired social-emotional development ...

Parenting is a journey filled with choices, and one of the most contentious decisions that Black parents face is whether to use corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure for their children. While ...

Tom Johnson is a Nashville-based delivery driver and vice president of Tennesseans for Nonviolent School Discipline. Re: "Corporal punishment is still a thing in Tennessee? Time to end it for our kids ...

In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporal punishment against school children does not violate the federal Constitution. Justices ruled 5-4 in the Ingraham v. Wright decision that ...