A University College London (UCL) study suggests that smacking children "does no good whatsoever".
Northern Ireland is one of two places in Britain and Ireland to not have outlawed smacking children.
Recent findings shed light on the adverse effects of physical discipline on children, revealing it leads to lower academic ...
Activists have failed to push through proposals to remove the legal defence of “reasonable punishment” in Northern Ireland.
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 ...
Smacking children is a "Victorian-era punishment" that "undoubtedly harms children's health" and must be banned, leading paediatricians have said. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is ...
Children who are smacked by their parents are more likely to fail their exams and become bullies, new research has found.
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