An interim study has been approved to study the “effectiveness of properly administered corporal punishment.” The lawmaker behind the idea says he wants to ensure school districts in the state still ...

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 ...

Study co-author Richard McElreath says the cooperative nature of each society is at least partly dependent upon historical forces. Researchers have long been puzzled by large societies in which ...

COLUMBIA – A team of University of Missouri researchers found children who are severely disciplined as infants have negative behavior up to fifth grade. The study found this to be especially true ...