Shutterstock December 11, 2023 1 in 4 adults think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids. But attitudes are changing Divna Haslam, Queensland University of Technology New research shows one in four Australians think physical punishment is necessary to properly raise children. And one in two parents (across all age groups) reported smacking their children.
Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock May 18, 2022 Smacking children: what the research says Ana Aznar, University of Winchester Smacking children is illegal in Wales and Scotland.
Safe and sound? all_about_people April 2, 2019 Smacking children: countries that refuse to ban practice are breaching international law Tracy Kirk, Glasgow Caledonian University Scotland is in the late stages of deciding whether to become the first country in UK to outlaw all corporal punishment against children.