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Ministers Reject An Outright Ban On Smacking: What Are Your Thoughts?

By: Daniel Chubb | October 25, 2007 | 2 Comments

What Are Your Thoughts?

After officials reviewed the way new rules were working children’s minister Kevin Brennan have announced that ministers have ruled out a complete ban on smacking and instead decided to back compromise allowing parents to resort to “mild smacking”.

Although many organisations have been asking to put an outright ban on smacking
Mr Brennan said that there is evidence that fewer parents now use smacking to discipline their children.

In a statement to MPs, he said: “Whilst many parents say they will not smack, a majority of parents say that smacking should not be banned outright.

“The Government will retain the law in its current form, in the absence of evidence it is not working satisfactorily.”

What Do You Think? Should Smacking Be Banned?

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  • Lucy

    Everyone brings their child up in their own way but I totally disagree with smacking – i think it shows lack of control from the parent and parent’s who smack obviously have anger issues that they need to deal with.

    In my opinion, smacking isn’t a way for parents to discipline their children to ‘stop them doing it again’ it’s a way for parents to vent the anger they have for the chldren who aren’t behaving as they would like.

    I totally think smacking should be banned but whether it will ever be, we’ll have to wait and see.

  • mike

    I think every parent should bring up their children their own way. The state has no right whatsoever to tell parent what to and what not to do about their children. Smacking is OK without injury. Due to incompetent rules and laws popping up nowadays, children have no respect for their elders and in frequent cases even attack their teachers.

    Our media condemns other countries human rights and freedom, but in this country we are debating whether parents should have any right over their children. How sad!