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Smacking Ban

Ban This 'Painful And Humiliating Practice'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 20.11.2012 | UK
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Church leaders have called for smacking children to be completely outlawed in the UK, saying there are no circumstances where the "painful and humilia...

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Smacking: Why David Lammy is Wrong

Bansi Kara | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education
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Bansi Kara

There is always that child you know you should never ring home for, who may be disrupting a class, but whose parents are suspected to be a little too free with their fists. That child who is known to Social Services, who may not have broken bones, but cries hysterically when you say you might ring home to their mum or dad to let them know their child has a detention. That child whose life swings between rebellion and fear. The rebellion in school against the harsh discipline of home, the fear that their school may cause physical harm in trying to resolve the issues.

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