Articles Tagged: smacking

Smacked children are at risk of turning into aggressive adults, say scientists.

By Keith Kendrick, Feb 8, 2012

Spanked children are at risk of turning into aggressive adults, say scientists.

Continue reading >

Coronation Street scene sparks outcry as 10-year-old girl is smacked

By Keith Kendrick, Jan 18, 2012

Hundreds of horrified parents have complained about a Coronation Street episode which showed a 10 year-old girl being smacked across the back of her legs.

Continue reading >

Should I be banned from smacking my child?

By Ian Newbold, Oct 19, 2011

Do you smack your child or not? How you discipline your child is still one of the hottest parenting debates; some believing it's fine to do as their parents did, others that it's a brutal and ineffective discipline method, and most of us thoroughly confused by the law.

Continue reading >

Smacking children: Welsh Assembly members call for ban

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 19, 2011

Four members of the Welsh Assembly have tabled a debate to ban the smacking of children. They will ask the Welsh government to stop mums and dads from using the legal defence of "reasonable chastisement" in child assault cases.

Continue reading >

Smacking is out, but are we more verbally vicious than our parents were?

By Heidi Scrimgeour, Apr 18, 2011

Getty 'That's it,' I screamed at the kitchen table the other night. 'If you don't stop messing around at the table and ...

Continue reading >

Achtung Baby or BANG BANG!

By Suze Nowak, Sep 5, 2010

'I've never hit Finje. Not once.........Well, once. If you can call it a hit. She was really annoying me and I flicked the ...

Continue reading >

Surprise results in anti-smack charity poll - parents support smacking

By Emma Cossey, Jul 8, 2010

Fewer than ONE IN SEVEN adults think slapping a child poses a very high risk to their welfare, new research reveals The ...

Continue reading >

UK coming under pressure to ban smacking

By Jenny Cornish, Apr 26, 2010

The Council of Europe is putting increasing pressure on the UK to ban all smacking and corporal punishment of children, it ...

Continue reading >