Two new studies explore how discipline changes during childhood and adolescence, and what family factors affect those changes. They conclude that when parents use physical discipline through childhood ...

A wave of research published during the past year is strengthening what scientists demonstrated over several decades: ...

Physical Punishment —and Violence For some time, we have been exploring the three pillars of human development: affects (feelings), language, and cognition. We have suggested that there is a ...

I’m a work in progress as a parent, as I’m sure most are. There are times when my oldest son, a temperamental 2-year-old (and a Gemini by the way), will have a complete meltdown and I find myself able ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This weekend, a Kansas City nonprofit will host a workshop for parents, predominately living in the area, on how to raise children using nonviolent forms of discipline. The World ...

MADISON (WKOW) — Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne is asking parents to reconsider using physical discipline with their children. Prompted by Child Abuse Prevention Month, Ozanne — along ...

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that in a diverse, cross-national sample of youth, physical discipline and ...

Students with disabilities face corporal punishment in public schools at disproportionately high rates, says a report released Aug. 10 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Alabama, it's still legal for parents, and in some cases schools, to physically use corporal punishment. While many states have ...

Wales has just recently passed a historic law for children’s rights that makes smacking and slapping children illegal. The law specifies that all forms of “physical punishment” will be outlawed for ...