Parents who frequently exercise harsh discipline with young children are putting them at significantly greater risk of developing lasting mental health problems, new evidence shows. In a study of over ...

NUS studies link strict parenting and harsh punishment to increased childhood lying through fear, self-criticism, and ...

Harsh, strict parenting may backfire, making young children more likely to cheat and lie by reshaping their self-image.

Georgia state office held listening sessions with communities across the state last year, Isabel Otero and her colleagues ...

Black students are often subject to harsher discipline at school than white students, and those punishments can damage students' perceptions of their school and negatively impact their academic ...

Parents who harshly discipline their young children may be putting them on a path toward lasting mental health symptoms, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among 7,500 children followed from ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Parents who drank alcohol while watching the Super Bowl were more likely than those who abstained to use aggressive discipline on their children during the game, a new study shows.

The difference between punishment and discipline is vast, but many people still equate the two. Caregivers benefit greatly when they understand the difference and how to foster the latter because ...

Parents who frequently exercise harsh discipline with young children are putting them at significantly greater risk of developing lasting mental health problems, new evidence shows. In a study of over ...