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 ...

Michelle Obama has revealed that she previously smacked her two daughters. (WireImage) Former First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed she stopped spanking her daughters because she felt "embarrassed." ...

France's parliament is expected to adopt a largely symbolic ban Tuesday on parents smacking their children, a practice which though condemned by the UN still enjoys widespread support in the country.

Doctors are calling for an end to the smacking of children in England, by removing the legal defence that smacking can be a "reasonable punishment". They warn that physically punishing children ...

Leading children's doctors are calling for a complete ban on smacking in England, arguing there is no evidence it has any ...

The UK's children's commissioners have united to call for a complete ban on smacking, condemning the current legal framework which allows for a defence of "reasonable punishment" in England and ...

A mother-of-two says she is "baffled" that smacking a child was ever legal in Wales, nearly three years on from a ban being introduced. Mari Ellis Dunning, 32, said she sought "to meet my kids with ...