Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PARENTS/ GETTY IMAGES In days past, "discipline" often meant revoked privileges for poor behavior. It's a longstanding myth that ...

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 ...

Physical punishment elicits precisely the negative affects one does not want in parent-child relationships and socializing children: distress, anger, fear, shame, and disgust. Socializing and ...

"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." — ...

On August 18, 2003, 10-year-old Tim L. started the fifth grade at his public elementary school in rural east Texas. On the fourth day of school, Tim refused to run in gym class because he did not have ...

Read on to learn how to let your child experience the repercussions of their actions safely. In days past, "discipline" often meant revoked privileges for poor behavior. It's a longstanding myth that ...