Michelle Obama has revealed that she previously smacked her two daughters. (WireImage) Former First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed she stopped spanking her daughters because she felt "embarrassed." ...

Doctors are urging for the abolition of smacking children in England by eliminating the legal defence that deems smacking as a "reasonable punishment". They caution that physical punishment offers no ...

Smacking puts children at risk of “really significant physical harm”, leading children’s doctors have said as they call for an end to the “Victorian” punishment. The Royal College of Paediatrics and ...

A mother-of-two says she is "baffled" that smacking a child was ever legal in Wales, nearly three years on from a ban being introduced. Mari Ellis Dunning, 32, said she sought "to meet my kids with ...

France's parliament is expected to adopt a largely symbolic ban Tuesday on parents smacking their children, a practice which though condemned by the UN still enjoys widespread support in the country.

France's parliament is expected to adopt a largely symbolic ban Tuesday on parents smacking their children, a practice which though condemned by the UN still enjoys widespread support in the country.

The education secretary has said Labour will wait and see how a child smacking ban in Wales works before banning “reasonable chastisement” in England. Despite Sir Keir Starmer in 2022 calling for a ...