It might be seen by some as one of the ultimate parenting taboos – to admit that you smack your child. Yet research from the Children's Society reveals just 14% of adults think slapping children is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children who have had bad experiences of being smacked are more likely to have poor mental health and behavioural problems as they ...

The question of whether it is ever acceptable to smack a child—hitting them with the flat inside of the hand with the aim of achieving compliance—is still highly controversial. In England, this ...

A GCSE is an academic qualification taken by students aged 14 to 16 to mark the end of compulsory secondary education in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelle Obama has revealed that she previously smacked her two daughters. (WireImage) Former First Lady Michelle Obama has ...

Proposals to make smacking children illegal have been dropped from new laws making their way through the Northern Ireland Assembly. Some say a ban would have offered young people legal protection ...

Smacking children as a form of punishment could result in lower school grades or lead to riskier teenage behaviour, a study has found. Researchers from the University College London (UCL) studied the ...

Should smacking a child be against the law? That’s the fierce debate reaching a vital stage in Scotland at present, where the parliament’s equalities commitee will announce on April 4 whether it will ...