Tag: corporal punishment

Smacking: Discipline or Abuse?

Commentary Smacking, or spanking—as the Americans would call it—disobedient children has a history as old as the existence of humanity. But lately, there have been incessant demands to ban the practice by making it illegal. In Australia, the topic has been recently debated on the Today show on Channel 9, and there have been numerous…


UK Education Chief Rejects Call for Ban on Smacking Children in England

UK Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has rejected a call for a ban on smacking children, arguing the state should not be “nannying” people about how to bring up their kids. Earlier, Dame Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, told Times Radio she would be “supportive” if the government decided to follow Scotland and…