Instead of caning, we should focus on creating schools that nurture empathy, respect, and accountability, writes psychologist ...

Helping children grow into kind, capable adults begins by modelling the same qualities ourselves, not unkind and cruel corporal punishment.

March 16, 2012 — -- It is one of the most controversial methods of child discipline, but spanking in school-- usually with a wooden or fiberglass paddle -- is still allowed by law in 19 states.

While Corporal punishment has been banned in most states in the U.S. since the mid-1990s, a number still allow it in schools, predominantly those in the Southeast. In some states, while inflicting ...