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Parents oppose 'smacking' ruling
By Alison Mercer,
Nursery World,
21 February 2002
Justice minister Jim Wallace has said that he will take on board the outcome of a survey of Scottish parents which found that a majority oppose the Executive's proposals to ban the smacking of children under three years old. The Scottish Parent-Teacher Council survey found that 56 per cent of parents believed it should not be illegal for parents to smack children under three. However, parents strongly supported the Executive's proposal to ban the use of implements to hit children of any age, with 94 per cent in agreement. Parents also rejected the call by many children's charities to make...
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