A University College London (UCL) study suggests that smacking children "does no good whatsoever".

Northern Ireland is one of two places in Britain and Ireland to not have outlawed smacking children.

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 ...

Smacking children can lead to future behavioural problems and worse exam results, according to new research.

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 ...

Europe's leading human rights organisation has criticised France for failing to ban parents from smacking their children, reigniting a controversial debate. The Council of Europe said that the country ...