Hopeson Adorye, says the abolition of corporal punishment in schools is contributing to a decline in academic performance among pupils.

Corporal punishment is defined as any punishment in which physical force is used with the intent to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light. Degrading and humiliating punishment also ...

There is broad consensus among psychologists that corporal punishment can be harmful to children, but the U.S. has no federal laws banning it in public schools.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children's health experts have called for corporal punishment to be "abolished." So why is it still legal in many states? (Getty ...

A few days ago, a post went viral on Facebook, saying "Today's children may not comprehend why we were beaten in our childhoods". It listed 24 seemingly trivial circumstances for which children in the ...

"Spare the rod and spoil the child" still has strong resonance even in countries where corporal punishment has been abolished, such as the UK and Canada. In the US it is still allowed in many states ...

Did you experience corporal punishment as a child? Forty years ago only one country had banned it. Now there are 62. Why? Because we know the long-term negative effects for kids, families, and society ...

The district still allows corporal punishment under certain circumstances.