In days past, "discipline" often meant revoked privileges for poor behavior. It's a longstanding myth that kids cooperate more when parents use classic approaches to discipline. One disproven by the ...

• Natural consequences help kids learn from their actions in a way that feels fair and connected to their behavior. • Consequences work best when they are related, respectful, and reasonable for your ...

While many of our parents and grandparents were avid “reward-punishment” users, modern research suggests that this kind of parenting style can often craft a transactional relationship. Punishments ...

Over half of all children under-18 worldwide continue to experience corporal punishment on an annual basis, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Corporal punishment ...

Physical punishment is ineffective and predicts increases in behavior problems. A conclusive narrative review has found physical punishment of children is not effective in preventing child behavior ...

Consistent enforcement of rules is more important than the severity of the punishment itself, and children expect adults to treat every member of their group impartially and equally. Moreover, fair ...

"I recently read a quote from a Finnish education minister: "There's no word for accountability in Finnish... Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtracted." — ...

Spare the rod and spoil the child? A recent study found that a large swath of Gen Z and millennial parents still use spanking as a form of punishment. Published in the Canadian Journal of Public ...