A Texas school district changes its corporal-punishment policy — by expanding rather than limiting teachers’ rights to …
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Time for a Time Out: Why Are 40,000 Children So Harshly Disciplined in Public Schools?
If psychiatric facilities can eliminate the traumatic punishment techniques of isolation and restraint, why can’t public schools?
Hitting Your Kids Increases Their Risk of Mental Illness
Children who are pushed, grabbed, shoved, slapped or hit are more likely to be diagnosed with mental illness. Just one more reason to embrace alternative forms of discipline
A Girl is Punished to Death in Alabama: Does Running Count as Corporal Punishment?
Savannah Hardin, 9, dies after being made to run for three hours for lying about eating a candy bar. With her grandmother and stepmother charged with murder, will parents consider anew how to punish children?
Key to a Well-Adjusted Child: Tailored Parenting?
Parenting advice is often black or white: Be firm and unwavering. Be loving and supportive. But new research shows that a one-size-fits-all approach may not be the best way to handle things. Rather than consistency, a parent’s …
The First Real-Time Study of Parents Spanking Their Kids
It’s not P.C. to admit you spank your child. But nearly 40 moms have gone a step further, recording themselves hitting and slapping their kids as part of a new study on how parents and children interact.