Wales could ban parents and carers from smacking children

Parents and carers could be banned from smacking children under legislation proposed by the Welsh government.

The administration plans to remove the defence of reasonable punishment from the offences of assault and battery, meaning that any adult looking after a child in Wales would not legally be able to hit him or her.

Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

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