Ignoring your kids is the the best way to handle conflict, say experts. Silence is golden—except when it’s used as punishment, parenting experts warn. “If the purpose of the silence is to punish or ...

Over the last five decades, attitudes in the United States about physical discipline, also known as corporal punishment, have evolved dramatically. Physical discipline in the forms of spanking, ...

Oklahoma legislators failed to pass a law that would have banned the use of corporal punishment on children with disabilities in schools. The bill, House Bill 1028, would have outlawed physical ...