Proposals to make smacking children illegal have been dropped from new laws making their way through the Northern Ireland ...

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 ...

Kristy Crampton was arrested and charged with felony child abuse after reportedly "smacking" a child on a flight departing Sanford-Orlando International Airport in Sanford, Fla. According to the ...

Children’s doctors in Northern Ireland and England are calling for equal protection for children and young people against physical assault, such as smacking, hitting, and slapping. The Royal College ...

CORONADO, Calif. — A woman was arrested in Coronado for public child abuse and battery after several citizens witnessed the crime. Coronado Police Department received reports of a 41-year-old woman ...

Leading health experts have urged parliamentarians to give children the “fundamental right to safety and protection” by backing a smacking ban. Experts from a number of medical specialties, including ...

The arrest of a Perth mother slapping her young son for naughty behaviour at a WA shopping centre has reignited the confronting smacking debate. It’s a busy day and you’re in a rush. Outside it’s ...

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (WHP) - A Waynesboro woman was arrested after police investigating why a baby had cigarette burns on his body received an anonymous video allegedly showing her smacking the child 37 ...