Discipline involves teaching your child ways to behave, follow rules, and learn self-control. Abuse isn’t discipline but rather actions that harm a child. Learn the difference and where to find help.

Parents want kids to grow up polite, responsible, and respectful. And when they misbehave, our first instinct is usually to punish, maybe a scolding, a timeout, or taking away a favorite toy. We think ...

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 ...

A new book reviews the research on the impact on children of physical punishment. Source: (c) ia_64/fotosearch Let’s start with what not to do. Spanking children has been going out of fashion. Yet is ...