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) (Julia Beverly via Getty Images) Former ...

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 ...

Doctors are calling for an end to the smacking of children in England, by removing the legal defence that smacking can be a ...

In the debate about smacking your children, it's rare to meet anyone who sits on the fence. Corporal punishment is an emotive subject, and one which is likely shaped by our own formative experiences.

The education secretary has said Labour will wait and see how a child smacking ban in Wales works before banning “reasonable chastisement” in England. Despite Sir Keir Starmer in 2022 calling for a ...