Corporal punishment is viewed as more acceptable and effective when called spanking, according to a new study. Parents and nonparents alike judged identical acts of a child's misbehavior and the ...

Corporal punishment is the most widespread form of violence against children. It is any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort. It is a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children's health experts have called for corporal punishment to be "abolished." So why is it still legal in many states? (Getty ...

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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 ...

Even after its banning, corporal punishment is still being used in some schools and for a new generation of teachers they need to learn to exert discipline in classrooms without the use of the ...

Impairing Education American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch Aug. 11, 2009 62 pages The Gist: It seems like a scene from Oliver Twist — a young pupil being beaten by a 300-lb man wielding ...

Corporal punishment is still legal in Georgia public schools, though the decision to allow it is left up to local school districts. Under Georgia law, local boards of education can authorize corporal ...

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has opened a fresh national debate on whether Ghana should reconsider its decision to ...

Corrected: The photo caption in an earlier version of this story misstated Superintendent George Tomyn’s position on corporal punishment. He does not support paddling in schools. Three years ago, ...