The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has written to MPs urging them to back the proposed change to ...

As a leading child education expert who has dedicated his life to researching smacking, I think banning the punishment would ...

Doctors are calling for the UK government to ban parents from smacking children. What do you think? Have your say in our poll ...

Is it about to become illegal for parents to discipline their child with a smack? We might have known that the already ...

It's a topic that divides opinions: 52% of UK adults think it should be legal for parents to smack their children as a form ...

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said 'science doesn't back smacking children' and could put ...

Smacking is unlawful in England, except in cases where it amounts to a ‘reasonable punishment’Leading child doctors have joined ...

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) supports an amendment to remove the legal defence of “reasonable ...

A top paediatrician has backed an MP’s plans to introduce a smacking ban in England, saying it puts children at risk of ...

Smacking is still allowed in England as a 'reasonable punishment' but the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ...

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is demanding an end to the protection under UK law of "reasonable ...

There is no scientific evidence that smacking benefits children, leading children's doctors in the UK have said as they call ...