How to Smack Your British Child

[Kate Harper of Save the Children Fund said] "we have carried out extensive consultations with children on smacking and found that children see no distinction between smacking, hitting, slapping and a whack."

The physical punishment of children has been banned in eight European countries: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Cyprus, Croatia, Latvia and Italy. In addition, Germany, Bulgaria, Belgium and Ireland are all processing legislation to protect children from physical rebukes. Corporal punishment was outlawed 14 years ago in state schools in Britain, and last year in the private education sector.