General Article It is never acceptable to smack kids – of course it should be banned

Topic Selected: Child Abuse Book Volume: 456

Children are among the most vulnerable members of society. They deserve our protection, our love, our care – and our role modelling.

By Victoria Richards

If there’s one thing that divides parenting today from parenting in the past, it is surely the way we discipline our children.

When my daughter was small, I remember taking her to a local toddler singing group. There, a mum smacked her son because he wasn’t listening. The entire room fell quiet.

It seems to me that we’ve undergone a profound...

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