57% of parents beat their kids
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Johannesburg - A Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) study found that 57% of South African parents admitted to using corporal punishment on their children.
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Parents consistently and substantially underestimate their childrenÂs use of alcohol and other drugs, a new study has found.
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After a long and passionate political debate about the virtue or vice of spanking, a new law went into effect that will allow mothers and fathers to chastize their offspring physically but send parents to jail for up to five years if they beat them too hard.
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BALBRIGGAN, Ireland -- Happy little learners filed out of school at midday, smiling in their furry jackets and clutching a parent's hand. It could have been anywhere in Ireland, except that almost every child had immigrant parents -- the vast majority of them black -- from places as distant as...
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Nearly two-thirds of parents in a new survey want the government to place tighter controls on sex and violence on television, researchers said Thursday.
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No doubt, parenting has changed in the Internet Age, and a new study tries to reveal how mom and dad are dealing with it.
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A survey found that many Americans whose children are obese do not see them that way
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Ontario has not rated the game, but it is warning parents about the video game &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.&#39;&#39;. In it, players rub elbows with drug dealers and gang members as they steal cars, beat up thugs, and solicit prostitutes.
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The public is urged to report parents suspected of neglecting their children due to drug or alcohol abuse.
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Half of British fathers either continue  to doze or pretend to be asleep when their babies cry during  the night, making many mothers resentful, a survey released on  Thursday shows.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Parents' fighting likely doesn't cause children's behavioral problems, such as skipping school, lying, shoplifting or bullying. But parents who quarrel constantly may pass on genes for disruptive behavior to their children, a new U.S. study suggests.
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Row over statistics showing 25% of UK babies are born to foreign parents.
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Media & professional: Two-thirds of teachers in the UK have been physically or verbally assaulted in the past year, with 17% threatened in incidents involving weapons, according to new research.
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Children are as likely to inherit eczema from their fathers as they are from their mothers, research suggests.
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Today, even a world grown weary of shocking statistics and bad news will receive a number that jolts: half of all children in the world are deprived of the essentials for survival and are suffering a brutal childhood as a result.
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Families should do more to ensure children behave well and work hard at school, a survey of teachers says.
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There's been a fundamental change in family life, and it has played out over the years in my office. Teachers, pediatricians and therapists like me are seeing children of all ages who are not afraid of their parents. Not one bit. Not of their power, not of their position, not of their ability to ...