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Many parents have done it once or, if not done it, at least thought about it. I am talking about using spanking or corporal punishment to correct a child's behavior. Parents even evoke religious ...

Spanking children is a common practice among American parents. In 2012, over 70 percent of Americans agreed that “it is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking.” Spanking ...

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Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible and not “cruel and unusual punishment,” many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who have ...

Spanking isn’t a bygone, outmoded form of parenting in Canada, according to a new study that finds a sizeable proportion of ...

(CNN) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics has hardened its stance against spanking children as a form of parental discipline. In a new policy statement, published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday ...