Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelle Obama has revealed that she previously smacked her two daughters. (WireImage) (Julia Beverly via Getty Images) Former ...

The UK’s four regional Children’s Commissioners are expected to jointly call for a ban on smacking this weekend. The Christian Institute supports parents who sometimes use a loving smack to protect or ...

Medical experts in England are calling for a ban on the physical punishment of children, urging an end to the legal defence ...

Mum-of-two Mari Ellis Dunning says the fact that smacking was ever legal "baffles" her [Mari Ellis Dunning] A mother-of-two says she is "baffled" that smacking a child was ever legal in Wales, nearly ...

Scottish parents could face prosecution for smacking their children under proposals due to be released tomorrow (Thursday 13th December) in a White Paper by the Scottish Executive. The proposals will ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...