The Christian communal movement has long faced accusations from former members who allege harsh discipline, forced labor and ...

It’s extremely embarrassing that we still allow our disabled children to be spanked, hit and paddled at school. No child should have to deal with that, but it’s truly terrible that we can’t even agree ...

A jury on Thursday acquitted Marty Small Sr. of all four crimes he was charged with, including aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of his teenage daughter. By Tracey Tully Mehdi Yarrahi, a ...

State Rep. Jim Olsen argued against a bill that would prohibit school employees from using corporal punishment on children with disabilities, citing Proverbs to argue, "The rod and reproof give wisdom ...

Kameisha Smith says going to school in Mississippi was sometimes quite literally painful. Like that one day in fourth grade. "I had to lay over a teacher's lap and was beaten with a paddle because we ...

Did you see the video of a high school basketball coach whipping a player that went viral recently and spawned a mass of outraged viewers? Murrah High School’s Marlon Dorsey admitted to “paddling” his ...

A day care abruptly announced it is closing, but did not relay to parents that its director had been arrested and its license ...

Corporal punishment is still legal in Texas schools. Let that sink in. Yes, corporal punishment still happens in Texas schools. Adults in school districts with corporal punishment policies can spank, ...

An Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a long-serving Western Cape teacher found guilty of assaulting a pupil, reinforcing the country’s longstanding ...

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 ...