When I was a child back in the early 1950’s, if a child lied or spoke disrespectfully, parents might threaten, ‘I’m going to wash your mouth out with soap.’ What I wouldn’t give for that bar of soap ...

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Dear Amy: At a play group recently with my toddler son, another mother — with whom I am acquainted but not close — mentioned that she washed out her 5-year-old’s mouth with soap to curb his lying. She ...

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. -- A Guilford County Schools' teacher has resigned amid an investigation into whether she washed out a student's mouth with soap. Multiple media outlets report Wiley Elementary ...

POJOAQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A northern New Mexico educator is now charged with child abuse for the way he reprimanded an elementary school student. On May 12, a Santa Fe County Deputy responded to ...

HUMBLE, Texas – An investigation is now underway after a Humble Independent School District substitute teacher allegedly assaulted a 13-year-old student with Down Syndrome on Tuesday. Humble ISD tells ...