NFL running back Adrian Peterson’s recent arrest for allegedly abusing his four-year-old son has once again sparked the debate over whether spanking is an appropriate form of discipline. Though some ...

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 ...

A wave of research published during the past year is strengthening what scientists demonstrated over several decades: ...

In 2025, it is unacceptable that we are still debating whether children with disabilities should be subjected to corporal punishment in Oklahoma schools. Senate Bill 364, which seeks to ban this ...

Lori Wathen holds a paddle printed with the word "no" to oppose the practice of corporal punishment in schools before an interim study on the subject on Oct. 21. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma ...

NAN reports that recently, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Alli-Balogun, affirmed the ban, arguing that counselling should be the major corrective measure for student ...

Corporal punishment has been proven to be an ineffective and dangerous method of controlling and maintaining behaviour and discipline. [iStockphoto] The government banned corporal punishment in ...

It was spring when Joshua Watson, a sixth-grader at Alvarado Intermediate School in Alvarado, Texas, had an unsettling decision to make -- whether to accept a five-day in-school suspension or be ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Washington man claiming to be “divinely ordained” to use corporal punishment is in custody after he whipped a child with a belt, according to investigators. Gabriel Hardy, 42 ...

Following a recent candidate forum, House District 20 candidate Jonathan Wilk advocated for corporal punishment for children, including those with mental or physical disabilities. When pressed as to ...