Many adults believe in punishment, whether it’s timeouts, spanking, or loss of privileges. “Kids need consequences for bad behavior,” parents often tell me. Young children do need us to pay attention ...

Remember when being "sent to your room" or told to "go to bed early" felt like the end of the world? Turns out, those ...

Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible and not "cruel and unusual punishment," many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who have ...

PARAMUS, N.J. — Jennifer Sepulveda used to drop off her 14-year-old son, Jorden, at the local mall on a Friday or Saturday night, where he would catch a movie with his friends and then hang out ...

A 6-year-old in Leila Lubin’s classroom wouldn’t budge from his seat. The rest of his peers had filed off to their enrichment classes but he refused to move. He wasn’t done with his work and he didn’t ...

“Everybody is focused on changing behavior instead of punishing students,” said one school administrator we talked to. “I’d probably be fighting. Probably be in trouble,” explained one student, who ...

Disciplining a child for doing something wrong is a tricky business. Coming up with a punishment that will teach a son or daughter not to commit the crime again but isn't harsh enough to scar them for ...

Many adults believe in punishment, whether it’s timeouts, spanking, or loss of privileges. “Kids need consequences for bad behavior,” parents often tell me. Young children do need us to pay attention ...

Spanking in the U.S. generally ends around age 12, when children become big enough to resist or fight back. Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Brand X Pictures via Getty Images The pace of change quickened in the ...