An MP has called for a nationwide ban on smacking children, describing the practice as "physical assault". Andrew George, ...

Wales made any type of corporal punishment, including smacking, hitting, slapping and shaking, illegal in March 2022, while Scotland introduced a similar ban in November 2020. But according to the ...

Parenting comes with a host of challenges, from when to enrol your child in primary school to levels of discipline. Mothers, ...

Speaking to Sky News, Be Reasonable spokesman Ciarán Kelly warned that a smacking ban would only lead to the “criminalisation of loving parents” who are engaging “in the most trivial of actions and ...

Scottish lawmakers voted Thursday to ban parents and carers from smacking children. Scottish lawmakers have voted to ban parents and carers from smacking children; Scotland's First Minister Nicola ...

Legislators moved forward Thursday in Scotland with a measure to no longer allow children to be hit. Parents there have been able to use reasonable force to discipline children over the age of 3, The ...

Sir Michael Caine and Alan Shearer are calling for the Prime Minister to outlaw an ‘outdated’ law in England. The acting ...

The UK's children's commissioners have united to call for a complete ban on smacking, condemning the current legal framework which allows for a defence of "reasonable punishment" in England and ...

Campaigners will deliver a letter to Downing Street on Tuesday, urging Keir Starmer to act as the existing law 'sends a dangerous message that striking a child can be excused' ...

Campaigners have made a fresh call for laws to ban the smacking of children in England. It comes as belief among young adults that forceful actions against children has grown stronger in recent years, ...