NFL running back Adrian Peterson’s recent arrest for allegedly abusing his four-year-old son has once again sparked the debate over whether spanking is an appropriate form of discipline. Though some ...

Did you experience corporal punishment as a child? Forty years ago only one country had banned it. Now there are 62. Why? Because we know the long-term negative effects for kids, families, and society ...

In much of the world, we have outlawed physical violence against adults, including the physical punishment of women, prisoners and military recruits. It is also illegal in many places to hit a dog. In ...

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Growing up in an Orlando suburb, D remembers being stripped naked, bent over his parents' laps and ...

Best Ways to Discipline Kids: Teaching discipline to children is a big challenge for every parent, but this does not mean that they should be disciplined by scolding or giving strict punishment.

Lori Wathen holds a paddle printed with the word "no" to oppose the practice of corporal punishment in schools before an interim study on the subject on Oct. 21. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma ...

Bloomington police are investigating the potential malicious punishment of a child by an au pair working with its family ...

On August 18, 2003, 10-year-old Tim L. started the fifth grade at his public elementary school in rural east Texas. On the fourth day of school, Tim refused to run in gym class because he did not have ...