Parenting has gotten a lot gentler over the years. Through research we've learned that the strict punishments of generations past aren't always the the healthiest or most effective solutions. We’ve ...

For years, the so-called “cultural normativeness hypothesis” cast a shadow over efforts to ban corporal punishment worldwide. It suggested that in countries where disciplining children through ...

A Jewish child care center in Baltimore County that violated state rules on disciplining children, including a ban on hitting them, is now under a state-imposed “compliance agreement” that puts its ...

Sometimes parents are the ones who need the reprimanding — not the children. A thoughtless family that left behind a disgusting mess after dining at a restaurant has sparked a massive online debate ...

The director of my children’s nursery school was a warm and nurturing woman named Andy. I had no problem at all leaving my daughter and twin sons in her care while I was at work. I remember what Andy ...

The recent arrest of Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson on child abuse charges has sparked a national conversation on the difference between discipline and child abuse. The question ...