Recent findings shed light on the adverse effects of physical discipline on children, revealing it leads to lower academic ...

My upbringing involved some strict discipline, and those memories have stuck with me. I don't begrudge my dad for smacking me as a child, but I'm not disciplining my own kids that way. Instead, I'm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children who have had bad experiences of being smacked are more likely to have poor mental health and behavioural problems as they ...

Don't believe us? Here's what Science has to say... Smacking children as a means of discipline (read: corporal punishment) is a controversial topic of conversation whether you have children or not.

Smacking children linked to poorer education and behaviour problems, study reveals - Not outlawing smacking is a ‘huge missed ...

Each set of parents has different disciplinary measures for their children that they see fit. Some parents take the gentle talking approach while others enforce harsh punishment for bad behavior.

Contentious and controversial — it may be one of the last taboos. Most people believe it's fundamentally wrong, but some do it without any guilt. Others are horrified at the very thought of it. When ...

Northern Ireland is one of two places in Britain and Ireland to not have outlawed smacking children.

Parents in New Zealand will retain the right to discipline their children with a smack after political leaders reached a compromise in a debate that has divided the country. Supporters of what has ...