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 ...

Smacking children as a form of punishment could result in lower school grades or lead to riskier teenage behaviour, a study ...

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 question of whether it is ever acceptable to smack a child—hitting them with the flat inside of the hand with the aim of achieving compliance—is still highly controversial. In England, this ...

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 ...

Australia should join 65 other nations that have passed laws against corporal punishment of children in all settings to advance its goal of reducing all forms of violence against children, QUT ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alongside England, Northern Ireland is one of two places in Britain and Ireland to not have completely outlawed smacking children ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Marsha Johnson is an audiologist in Portland, Oregon. She explains that the aversion to food sounds such as slurping and smacking can be diagnosed as misophonia. She runs an online forum for ...