corporal punishment

Social media can be helpful in recording wrongs, but a parking lot paddling this week doesn’t merit charges, say Pensacola police. A white woman with a Black child in a store parking lot went viral when another woman recorded her paddling the child. But as the child appeared uninjured and corporal punishment is legal in […]

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three (including an 8-year-old boy) and injured over 250 people.…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The NFL Players Association has filed an expedited grievance with the NFL to reinstate Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. The NFLPA cited Monday “explicit language in a signed agreement” from Sept. 18, when Peterson was placed on a special commissioner’s exempt list following his indictment on felony child abuse […]

No stranger to controversial statements, NBA Hall of Famer turned sports commentator, Charles Barkley, blamed stagnation in the Black community on “brainwashed” Black people too…

No stranger to controversial statements, NBA Hall of Famer turned sports commentator, Charles Barkley, blamed stagnation in the Black community on “brainwashed” Black people too…

Jeremy C. Julien, 24,  of Greta, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday in the December 7, 2011 killing of 16-year-old Michael Taylor, reports NOLA.com.…

Judy Evon Bingham (pictured) is facing felony charges of cruelty to children in the first degree and battery, after being arrested for reportedly dragging a…

Judy Evon Bingham (pictured) is facing felony charges of cruelty to children in the first degree and battery, after being arrested for reportedly dragging a…

Today not many teachers would dare put their hands on a child, but that wasn’t always the case. D.L. Hughley shares his experience with corporal…

SPRINGTOWN, Texas (AP) — Like many schools in Texas, "spare the rod and spoil the child" might be considered the motto at Springtown High School. But when two teenage girls there reportedly suffered bruises after being paddled by male assistant principals, some parents complained. They weren't upset about the punishment itself, but instead that the […]

A new study is now linking physical punishment with mental health disorders.  Canadian researchers found that when a child received physical punishment such as slapping, pushing, and hitting, even without neglect or abuse they were likely to experience mood disorders, anxiety, substance abuse, and personality disorders. Many parents argue that they were spanked and came […]