A major public health problem which desperately needs your attention is physical punishment of children and the violence associated with it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minnesota Vikings RB Adrian Peterson, warming up Sept. 7 before the team's season opener at St. Louis, was placed on the exempt-commissioner's permission list early Wednesday morning while he ...

Most parents know the proverb, "spare the rod, spoil the child." But in recent years, many have debated whether to practice physical discipline, such as spanking or smacking, in their own homes. To ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 23, 2025, permitting teachers to use physical force to discipline ...

On Tuesday, the Oklahoma Senate passed a bill that will prohibit teachers and other school employees from using corporal ...

Physical punishment elicits precisely the negative affects one does not want in parent-child relationships and socializing children: distress, anger, fear, shame, and disgust. Socializing and ...