A scorecard released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch provides a damning assessment of how well Michigan protects the rights of children. The state earned an F grade because it allows child marriage; has ...

A recent report by an international human rights group ranked Missouri in the bottom third of all states for child rights, in part because Missouri still allows child marriage and corporal punishment ...

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has said a loving approach to discipline misbehaving children is to “beat them in a circle,” but his campaign won’t say if he thinks schools should bring back corporal ...

A Missouri school district announced that it will be reinstating an "opt-in" policy on corporal punishing citing a parent survey on punishment that lead to the decision. “One of the suggestions that ...

March 16, 2012 — -- It is one of the most controversial methods of child discipline, but spanking in school-- usually with a wooden or fiberglass paddle -- is still allowed by law in 19 states.

Catonsville author Tara Ebersole’s first foray into fiction writing drew her deep into researching corporal punishment in education. She was stunned to discover the practice is still legal in some ...

Children climb on the large climbing web at the 15 and Mahomies Playground in Kansas City. The non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch gave Missouri an "F" grade for its compliance with ...