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See a parent spanking a child? Call police, government saysMonday, October 19, 2020People who see a parent disciplining a child physically should call police immediately and report a "crime in progress," according to new guidance from the Scottish government....Govt pledges not to criminalize spanking in EnglandTuesday, February 18, 2020Flickr The UK Government has confirmed that it has no plans to criminalise parents in England who smack their children. It follows recent moves to ban smacking in Scotland and...Welsh smacking ban set to cost £8 millionFriday, January 31, 2020The Welsh Government’s smacking ban is set to cost the taxpayer up to £8 million, new figures reveal. Yesterday, the Assembly passed the Bill to remove the defence of reasonable...Seven in ten Scottish councillors oppose smacking banWednesday, January 8, 2020Most councillors in Scotland oppose the Scottish Government’s incoming smacking ban, saying local authorities would not be equipped to deal with the repercussions. A poll on...Jersey law would criminalise parents who smackFriday, November 1, 2019Parents who discipline their children using smacking would be criminalised under new plans from the Government of Jersey. Some politicians have challenged the idea, with one...Two thirds oppose Wales bid to criminalise smackingSaturday, August 3, 2019Official consultation results have confirmed the strong opposition to criminalising parental smacking in Wales. Hundreds of people and groups gave their views to the Children,...MSPs to debate smacking banMonday, May 20, 2019Scottish politicians will debate legislation that would criminalise parents who gently smack their children, despite warnings the plan will divert valuable police resources. On...Wales Govt ‘playing with fire’ over smacking banTuesday, May 7, 2019The Welsh Government is “playing with fire” over plans to ban parental smacking, a spokesman for the group leading opposition to the move has said. The Be Reasonable campaign was...Police Scotland: ‘Smacking ban will be costly’Sunday, February 24, 2019Scottish police chiefs have told MSPs that banning smacking will mean increased costs for the force as officers spend more time investigating parents. Police Scotland also raised...Prof says Wales smacking consultation ignored researchSunday, December 23, 2018An academic who contributed to the Welsh Government’s consultation on criminalising parents who smack their children says his research has been misquoted and ignored. Professor...Doctors: Spanking may affect 'normal brain development'Tuesday, November 6, 2018One study not long ago that the nations with full bans on spanking have lower rates of physical fighting among both males and females. Now the AAP has adopted a resolution that...Welsh Govt celebrates plan to criminalise parentsSunday, October 28, 2018A mum has stood up to the Welsh Government as it launched a ‘positive parenting’ strategy that precedes efforts to criminalise parents who smack their children. Sally Gobbett, a...Scotland’s assault on parentingFriday, September 14, 2018A few politicians have got together to decide that they know better than parents how to bring up their children. This seems to be a theme. Named persons. Smacking ban. Why should...School Reinstates PaddlingThursday, September 13, 2018You heard that right. Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics, a K through 9 charter school, is bringing back paddling students as a form of discipline. "It's just one...MSP: ‘Scots smacking ban would infringe on parental freedom’Wednesday, March 28, 2018Criminalising smacking in Scotland would remove parental rights and hand them to the state, an MSP has warned. Gordon Lindhurst, a lawyer as well as an MSP, dismantled the...NHS Wales to treat parents as abusers if they smackFriday, March 2, 2018Loving parents who gently smack their own children will be branded child abusers under proposals in Wales, Freedom of Information (FoI) requests have revealed. Cwm Taf University...Spanking alarmists strike againSunday, January 21, 2018Spanking is in the news again, thanks to a popular singer and a Texas psychologist. Singer Kelly Clarkson took heat from spanking critics last week for an off-the-cuff comment...Smacking to be banned in Scotland after SNP backs legislationTuesday, October 31, 2017Scotland is to become the first part of the UK to introduce a ban on smacking children. Ministers previously said they did not support parents using physical chastisement, but...Scottish Govt backs move to criminalise parents who smackThursday, September 7, 2017First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has backed a ban on smacking in Scotland that would criminalise parents. Outlining her Government’s legislative programme yesterday, Sturgeon said...‘Smacking ban would criminalise parents and waste resources’Wednesday, May 17, 2017A proposal to ban parents from smacking their children in Scotland faced a slew of criticism at the weekend. Media commentators, a legal expert and a senior churchman spoke out,...France Just Made Spanking Your Kid IllegalFriday, January 6, 2017Parents throughout France now need to think twice before spanking children who misbehave, as it could land them in hot water with the law. According to a new law that was recently...Church of Scotland calls for ban on spankingThursday, November 10, 2016Speaking at the Scottish Parliament Revd Dr Richard Frazer, Convener of the Kirk’s Church and Society Council, called on MSPs to introduce an outright ban. He said that new...UN Wants Parents Who Spank or Smack Children JailedMonday, June 20, 2016The United Nations wants parents who physically discipline their children with smacks or spankings to be thrown behind bars and have their families torn to shreds by government....50-Year Study Finds Spanking Doesn’t Work?Wednesday, April 27, 2016Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and University of Michigan looked at 75 studies involving more than 150,000 children over 50 years. They found that children who...Irish parents banned from smacking their own childrenWednesday, November 18, 2015Parents in the Republic of Ireland may fall foul of the law by smacking their children under new Government legislation. The Children First Bill, which was enacted last week,...UN: Spanking Must Be Banned in UKThursday, July 2, 2015The UK will be breaking international law unless smacking is completely banned, Britain’s four official children’s commissioners have insisted. In a report submitted to the...Plans to ban spanking in Wales droppedTuesday, January 27, 2015Plans to ban smacking, which also could have criminalised parents for washing a child’s face against their wishes, have been dropped. Welsh Assembly Members on the Communities,...Father asks police to supervise daughter's spankingSunday, January 4, 2015With the debate over corporal punishment heating up, some parents who want to spank their children are asking the police to supervise to make sure they won’t get into legal...As More Schools Ban Paddling, Others Defend ItThursday, July 24, 2014The use of corporal punishment on disobedient students — commonly known as paddling — will be banned this coming school year in three counties in Florida and two in North...Spanking ban opposed by majority of publicThursday, April 24, 2014Proposals to ban smacking in Wales have very little public support, a new poll has revealed. A YouGov poll found that almost seven in ten people opposed a ban on parents smacking...New Study Claims Spanking Children Leads to AggressionThursday, March 27, 2014A new study says that parents who spank their children are part of a “vicious cycle” that will lead to more spankings and more misbehavior. According to the study from the...School board votes to resume paddlingThursday, April 25, 2013Paddling is back in an elementary principal's discipline tool box after the Marion County School Board voted Tuesday to add it back into the code of conduct after a three-year...Paddling could soon be back in Marion County SchoolsWednesday, September 26, 2012The idea of corporal punishment in schools may seem like something out of another era, but school officials in Marion County may bring the practice of paddling back. Incoming...Spank a kid, get hard timeTuesday, September 25, 2012Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden says it’s “paramount” to keep children safe, but a new law he spearheaded will prevent – under threat of jail time – parents from giving...Charities call to criminalise smacking in ScotlandSaturday, July 21, 2012Parents in Scotland should be prosecuted for smacking their children, a coalition of children’s charities has said. Smacking is currently legal in Scotland, but the use of...Study claims smacking kids causes mental illnessTuesday, July 10, 2012Children who were smacked are more likely to suffer from mental health problems in later life, a controversial study has claimed. But questions have been raised about the study’s...PCUSA Passes Resolution Against Spanking ChildrenSaturday, July 7, 2012The 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) narrowly passed a resolution on Thursday against using corporal punishment on children. "Most people know the...Big Brother goes on spanking bingeWednesday, June 27, 2012At issue is Delaware’s Senate Bill 234, which has been approved by the Senate and now is working its way through the House. “Senate Bill 234, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader...Pastor Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Teaching That Parents Should Spank Their ChildrenThursday, May 31, 2012Do you believe that parents should be able to spank their children? Do you ever express that opinion to others? If so, then you could be sent to prison. Sadly, that is exactly...Pastor Getting Six Years for Teaching on SpankingThursday, March 29, 2012A Black Earth pastor was found guilty Wednesday of eight counts of conspiracy to commit child abuse for advocating the use of wooden rods to spank children as young as two months....Life Sentence For Spanking?Wednesday, January 25, 2012If Senate Bill 2180 passes the Mississippi Legislature, a parent would be in jeopardy of receiving a life sentence in prison for spanking a child. Sponsored by Senator Brice...Preaching virtue of spanking even as deaths fuel debateMonday, November 14, 2011After services at the Church at Cane Creek on a recent Sunday, a few dozen families held a potluck picnic and giggling children played pin the tail on the donkey. The...In Sweden, a generation of kids who've never been spankedFriday, November 11, 2011Ian Swanson was 5 when his family moved from the United States to Umeå, a small university town in northern Sweden. It was the place where he made his first friends, where he...Bring back the cane to improve pupil discipline, say parentsSunday, September 18, 2011Some 49 per cent of mothers and fathers are in favour of corporal punishment to crack down on the worst offenders, it was revealed. The vast majority of parents also want greater...Mother Sentenced For SpankingMonday, August 22, 2011CORPUS CHRISTI - Spanking your kids can send you to jail. This week, a local woman avoided jail time, but her case made it clear that local prosecutors and judges will not...Mother Convicted of Spanking Own Child -- 'You don't spank children today,' Judge scoldsSaturday, June 18, 2011CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CBS) -- A judge in Corpus Christi, Texas had some harsh words for a mother charged with spanking her own child before sentencing her to probation. "You...Wis. man, brother face abuse charges for spankingsMonday, March 21, 2011The head pastor at a Dane County church and his brother face child-abuse charges after being accused of using rods to spank children on the buttocks. Prosecutors filed charges...Study delivers blow to anti-spanking campaignersFriday, July 9, 2010Most adults agree that smacking naughty children doesn’t pose a “high risk” to their welfare, according to a new survey by an anti-smacking children’s charity. The results are...British smacking ban would 'lead to evolution of respectful society'Wednesday, May 5, 2010The deputy head of the Council of Europe said that outlawing physical chastisement is the “definite push” that the country needs in order to turn away from violence towards “more...Study: Spanking Kids Leads to More Aggressive BehaviorTuesday, April 13, 2010Disciplining young children is one of the key jobs of any parent - most people would have no trouble agreeing with that. But whether or not that discipline should include spanking...
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