My daughter trained in early childhood education here in Germany and she was absolutely flabbergasted to hear that it’s still legal to smack your child in England.
When I said it was allowed if it was seen to be a ‘reasonable punishment’, she was speechless.
Lynn Nothegger
A great rebuttal to the ‘it never harmed me’ brigade
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The UCL study also found physically punished children were more likely to struggle in school
