In many developed nations, the corporal punishment of children—that is, spanking, whipping, caning and so on—is illegal. America, where it’s even legal to spank a child at school in some states, has ...

Spanking therapy uses spanking as a form of release. People may choose to take part in spanking therapy to release stress and responsibility, explore power roles, or work through negative emotions or ...

Words matter when it comes to how people perceive parents’ actions when they discipline their kids, a new study shows. When researchers at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, asked adults – 481 ...

Spanking a child leads to bad behaviors, not the better manners some parents may think a smack on the bottom will elicit, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spanking in the U.S. generally ends around age 12, when children become big enough to resist or fight back. Sandro Di Carlo ...

Most children will have been spanked by adolescence, research says. — -- The pending child abuse case against Minnesota Viking Adrian Peterson has brought spanking, a common form of child ...

Editor’s Note: Ruben Navarrette is a CNN contributor, Daily Beast columnist and a nationally syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. Follow him on Twitter: @rubennavarrette. The ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Most Americans still strongly support the idea of spanking kids, but a new study says spanking doesn’t work and can make kids aggressive later on. While kids may not immediately defy their parents ...

LaShaun Williams is a culture and parenting columnist for Madame Noire and editor of PoliticallyUnapologetic.com. Earlier this year, she squared off with Toya Sharee in a discussion of spanking on ...

You’ve tried yoga, meditation and long walks to reduce stress — but have you taken a whack at spanking? “While it may sound counterintuitive, for some people, ‘impact play’ like spanking can actually ...