When I talk about punishments here, I do so in their definitional meaning, not what we’ve come to think of punishments: something an angry parent yells while red in the face, taking away their kid’s ...

Montgomery County Public Schools is toughening its penalties for bomb threats, attacks on staff and other misbehavior by students, district officials said. Bomb threats, for example, could soon lead ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Normal hormonal exuberance can get children, especially teens, into more trouble than they can handle unless parents set clear ...

When a child breaks a major rule, hurts someone, or commits a significant infraction, most parents feel compelled to give a consequence. They often ask me, “What’s an appropriate punishment for what ...