Virginia’s Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a mother found guilty of assault and battery for disciplining her 12-year-old twins with a belt, after the panel said the trial judge ...

Growing up during an era in which punishment was the cultural mandate for most parents, my younger brother and I lived under the terror of “the belt.” It was ...

A Bismarck woman is charged with felony child abuse in an incident in which she allegedly was using a belt for discipline. Jasmine Cachu, 28, was charged after an 8-year-old came to school on Monday ...

A state appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a Virginia mother who was found guilty of assault and battery for striking her 12-year-old twins with a belt to discipline them. WTOP-FM ...