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

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

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

Children who are smacked earn lower exam marks, researchers have found. Some 48 per cent of children who had been subjected to physical punishment while aged three, five, and seven years old did not ...

Smacking children linked to poorer education and behaviour problems, study reveals - Not outlawing smacking is a ‘huge missed ...

Scottish lawmakers voted Thursday to ban parents and carers from smacking children. Lawmakers in the Scottish Parliament voted by 84 to 29 to introduce a law that will make it a criminal offence for ...

The Institute’s Deputy Director Simon Calvert explains why introducing a smacking ban in Northern Ireland would actually deprive vulnerable children of the care they need.

Smacking children may be linked to lower GCSE grades and riskier teenage behaviour, according to a major UCL study.