Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Under current legislation parents and carers can use "reasonable" force to discipline ...

Scotland has been named and shamed as one of the few countries in Europe which fails to stop parents smacking their children. An influential UN committee has called for the prohibition of smacking, ...

CAMPAIGNERS have warned that Police Scotland face investigating thousands of cases against parents if a ban on smacking is brought in. Critics have said research from Wales shows that if the defence ...

Smacking children was outlawed in Scotland this week. Remarkably, parents in the rest of the UK can still use physical violence to punish or discipline their children, provided it can be considered ...

Scotland has become the first country in the UK to ban parents and carers from smacking children. MSPs voted by 84 to 29 in favour of introducing a law which will make it a criminal offence for ...

WEBVTT >> WELCOME BACK. PARENTS SHOULD NOT SPANK THEIR CHILDREN. THAT IS THE NEWEST POLICY STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF THE YET RATES. THE WARNING SAYS THERE ARE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF USING ...

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 ...