Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children who have had bad experiences of being smacked are more likely to have poor mental health and behavioural problems as they ...

Is it ever OK smack your own children? Does physical punishment ever have a place in parenting? This is a divisive, long-running debate that reared its head again this week, with a definitive report ...

My upbringing involved some strict discipline, and those memories have stuck with me. I don't begrudge my dad for smacking me as a child, but I'm not disciplining my own kids that way. Instead, I'm ...

Belief among young adults that use of force against a child is unacceptable has grown stronger in recent years according to new polling which has prompted campaigners to make a fresh call for a change ...

Amazon is the UK's biggest ebook retailer – but its Kindle store has a darker underside. The company is selling books that encourage parents to beat their children, including those of a very young age ...

Sir Michael Caine and Alan Shearer are calling for the Prime Minister to outlaw an ‘outdated’ law in England. The acting legend and former footballer have joined a campaign urging Sir Keir Starmer to ...