Submitted on Friday 6th January 2017
Published on Wednesday 11th January 2017
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Signatures: 15
Ban smacking children in the UK
Britain is now one of just four countries in Europe where smacking remains a legal way of disciplining children. Many studies have demonstrated that smacking has no long-term positive impact on children. Please sign this petition to defend the basic human rights of our children.
There are many other, more effective, ways to discipline children that do not involve inflicting physical harm on them.
Smacking should not be regarded as merely a form of discipline; it is assault and it must not be tolerated in this day and age. It is unacceptable that assaulted adults can go to the police, but assaulted children have no form of recourse.
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