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Editor's view
By Liz Roberts, editor,
Nursery World,
28 February 2002
The Government has been very keen to stress how important it is to listen to parents' views about smacking, and the results of various polls of the public are used to justify maintaining physical punishment of children as a legal option. But those on the receiving end - children themselves - are rarely asked for their opinions. So it is great to see that Save the Children Scotland has surveyed children (see News, page 4) and found them overwhelmingly against smacking. The children's thoughtful and heartfelt comments reveal just how distressing and confusing they find being hit by their parents.
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