A mum has spoken of her shock after another parent reportedly smacked her child during an after school activity. The mother, who said she doesn't agree with smacking, posted anonymously on parenting ...

Each set of parents has different disciplinary measures for their children that they see fit. Some parents take the gentle talking approach while others enforce harsh punishment for bad behavior.

Bad puns aside, it is a regular discussion of modern parenting: whether giving your offspring a quick slap on the hand/leg/bottom should be allowable. For this parent, it has been tried and tested ...

To spank or not to spank? That is the question we asked our readers. Since a California legislator proposed a state bill that would make spanking a child under the age of 4 a misdemeanor, parents and ...

Spanking a child leads to bad behaviors, not the better manners some parents may think a smack on the bottom will elicit, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and ...