Scottish lawmakers voted Thursday to ban parents and carers from smacking children. Scottish lawmakers have voted to ban parents and carers from smacking children; Scotland's First Minister Nicola ...

A whole host of celebrities including Sir Michael Caine, Natalie Dormer and Alan Shearer are throwing their weight behind a campaign to finally ban smacking children in England. In Wales, Scotland and ...

Michelle Obama has revealed that she previously smacked her two daughters. (WireImage) Former First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed she stopped spanking her daughters because she felt "embarrassed." ...

Children who have had bad experiences of being smacked are more likely to have poor mental health and behavioural problems as they get older, research shows. (Getty Images) Leading children's doctors ...

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 ...

There has been a fresh call to ban smacking children in the UK, as a survey suggested that a large number of young adults think it's unacceptable. NSPCC research found that four in five parents with a ...

The UK's children's commissioners have united to call for a complete ban on smacking, condemning the current legal framework which allows for a defence of "reasonable punishment" in England and ...