LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Juries will have to decide whether two men went too far in their alleged acts of disciplining children in separate cases filed in LaPorte Circuit Court. 34-year-old Caleb ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLLINS — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees the distribution of the Covington County School District ...

Did you grow up in a school that allowed paddling? Maybe you knew someone who was hit in school – or maybe the idea of corporal punishment seems as antiquated as ink wells. This year marks the 20th ...

And in the nation's "Bible Belt," religion is also central, including Bible passages that many interpret as suggesting that when parents "spare the rod," they spoil a child. In Mississippi, each ...

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA (KPLC) - For many of us, discipline in our formative years included a good swat on the behind, be it from the hand of a parent, a belt or a paddle. And that method of ...

DICKSON: Corporal punishment is unconstitutional. The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is looking into allegations that a juvenile probation officer in Forrest City has been ...