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 ...

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 ...

Leading doctors are demanding a smacking ban in England to give children the ‘fundamental right to safety and protection’. Experts from a range of medical specialities, including paediatricians and ...

Parenting comes with a host of challenges, from when to enrol your child in primary school to levels of discipline. Mothers, fathers, and carers have different ways of telling their children off, and ...

A smacking ban in Scotland moved a step closer to becoming law after a majority of MSPs on a Holyrood committee supported the policy. Plans to make smacking a child illegal were backed by five of the ...

In 2022, Wales joined Scotland in banning smacking and now the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is pushing for the rest of the UK to do the same. Professor Andrew Rowland, a consultant ...

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 ...

Parents in Scotland are no longer allowed to smack their children after the passing of a law making physical punishment illegal. MSPs voted by 84 to 29 in favour of the smacking ban, which gives ...

Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. The ban on all physical punishment was backed overwhelmingly by 84 votes to 29 by the ...

Scotland’s law banning the smacking of children came into effect on Saturday, making it the first UK nation to do so. The law provides children with the same protection from assault as adults receive.

Backers of the bill rallied outside Holyrood on the morning of the vote Scotland's ban on parents smacking their children has become law, making it the first part of the UK to outlaw physical ...