Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children's health experts have called for corporal punishment to be "abolished." So why is it still legal in many states? (Getty ...

Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson and Washington counties are among 76 out of 138 school districts that said they still use corporal punishment, which is routinely administered with a paddle. Most ...

After one Missouri school district brought back corporal punishment, some parents are opting in on the new policy as a number of students protest. Dakota Russell, 35, has two daughters, ages 8 and 6, ...

Until the late 1980s, it was common for students to be spanked when they misbehaved in school. This controversial method of discipline is known as corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is when a ...

When news broke recently that a 6-year-old student was beaten with a wooden paddle by her school principal in Florida, many people likely had to double check that it wasn’t a story from the 1950s. In ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Corporal punishment is still legal in Tennessee schools. Usually, it’s performed with a paddle. “Corporal punishment has a time and place if it is administered properly, and ...

The school setting, which parents, caregivers and students hope to be one of safety, continues to evoke fear in many. With school shootings becoming more frequent each year, children have the added ...

WASHINGTON – Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) today introduced the Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act, a bill that would eliminate the use of corporal punishment in public and private schools that ...

One of the main arguments against corporal punishment is that it sends the wrong message, which is that it is permissible to solve our problems with violence. In a previous post, I considered other ...