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.

Children who are smacked earn lower exam marks, researchers have found. Some 48 per cent of children who had been subjected to physical punishment while aged three, five, and seven years old did not ...

Smacking children can lead to future behavioural problems and worse exam results, according to new research.

Scottish lawmakers voted Thursday to ban parents and carers from smacking children. Lawmakers in the Scottish Parliament voted by 84 to 29 to introduce a law that will make it a criminal offence for ...

France’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a largely symbolic ban on parents smacking their children, a practice which though condemned by the UN still enjoys widespread support in the country. The ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Smacking children as a form of punishment could result in lower school grades or lead to riskier teenage behaviour, a study ...

France's parliament is expected to adopt a largely symbolic ban Tuesday on parents smacking their children, a practice which though condemned by the UN still enjoys widespread support in the country.