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

Children who are smacked by their parents are more likely to fail their exams and become bullies, new research has found.

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

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 ...

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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 ...