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 ...

The students most at risk for corporal punishment include the most vulnerable groups, such as black students and those with disabilities. Millions of students across the country began a new grade this ...

Corporal punishment remains a widely used discipline technique in most American families, but it has also been a subject of controversy within the child development and psychological communities. In a ...

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 ...

The school setting, which parents, caregivers and students hope to be one of safety, continues to evoke fear in many. With school shootings becoming more frequent each year, children have the added ...

Corporal punishment in schools is used up to 50 percent more frequently on children who are African American or have disabilities, according to a new analysis. AUSTIN — In parts of the 19 states where ...

The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the abolishment of corporal punishment in schools. The AAFP defines corporal punishment in schools as the purposeful infliction of bodily pain or ...

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 ...

When news broke recently that a 6-year-old student was beaten with a wooden paddle by her school principal in Florida, many people likely had to double check that it wasn’t a story from the 1950s. In ...