This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Growing up in an Orlando suburb, D remembers being stripped naked, bent over his parents' laps and ...

I was disappointed to see The Herald’s Friday headline indicating that kids will be “stuck” in booster seats, or that many will be “forced” back into booster seats. It seems The Herald feels this is ...

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, ...

A state appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a Virginia mother who was found guilty of assault and battery for striking her 12-year-old twins with a belt to discipline them. WTOP-FM ...

Although a majority of states have banned the spanking or paddling of students over the past few decades, public schools in some Southern states still depend on the practice. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A man from Decatur has pleaded guilty to domestic battery for punching and hitting two boys with a belt. 33-year-old Vincent Owens of Decatur agreed to a plea deal this week for ...

A Rochester couple who allegedly used a belt to discipline young children now face criminal charges. Jesus Manuel Trevino, 24, and Cindy Carrera, 22, of 1503 Fourth Ave. S.E. Apt. F, are each charged ...

Two Conway women were arrested Friday after police said they forced their 11-year-old son to perform "wall/air squats" as punishment and beat the child with a belt when he was unable to perform the ...