From a young age, you grow up around the idea that “bad” people should be punished. You saw it in news stories about criminals going to jail and crooked politicians making public, humiliating ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Where does parental discipline end and child abuse begin? That question has received a great deal of attention in the past few weeks. That issue, however, is not new nor is it limited to famous ...

Silence is golden—except when it’s used as punishment, parenting experts warn. “If the purpose of the silence is to punish or distance or prove a point to the kid, or if it’s an attempt at some type ...