Belts. Tree switches. Bare hands. There was a time when they could all strike fear in the hearts of children because they were commonly used for punishment. And many parents had the same reasoning, ...

I am disgusted with the recent letter to the editor regarding the use of a belt for discipline (“Belt discipline can be appropriate,” Oct. 28). Yes many of our fathers and mothers used a belt this way ...

Children in a school that uses corporal punishment performed significantly worse in tasks involving "executive functioning" -- psychological processes such as planning, abstract thinking, and delaying ...

Last week we explored the data around the harsh discipline policies that disproportionately target certain student populations such as students of colors and students with disabilities. What we’re ...

Parental disciplinary techniques have been divided into the broad categories of induction and sensitization. Induction procedures were differentiated into moral and cognitive components. A factorial ...

Virginia’s Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a mother found guilty of assault and battery for disciplining her 12-year-old twins with a belt, after the panel said the trial judge ...

DALLAS -- Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson, who served a one-year suspension in the NFL after he was charged with child abuse, admitted he still sometimes uses a belt to hit his son.