Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health urge ministers to follow lead of Scotland and Wales
Smacking children made them much more likely to suffer poor mental health, do badly at school and be physically assaulted or abused, the college said.Smacking children made them much more likely to suffer poor mental health, do badly at school and be physically assaulted or abused, the college said.should be banned from smacking their children because doing so is unjust, dangerous and harmful, leading doctors have urged ministers.
The paediatricians want the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, to change the law before the general election expected later this year. All political parties should include a commitment to do so in their election manifestos, they added. Rowland said that he saw children “sometimes once a week” at his clinics in Manchester who had been hit by a parent.
“I’ve seen this happen to children aged two to 18. This is wrong for all children, no matter what the circumstances, and it leaves them upset, angry and confused. It shouldn’t happen.” The NSPCC backed the college’s call. “All children deserve the same protection from assaults as adults,” said Joanna Barrett, the charity’s associate head of policy.
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