physical punishment

NSPCC reports surge in physical punishment cases within a year

Reports of children facing physical punishment have surged more than threefold within a year, as per the NSPCC. The charity’s helpline has been inundated with cases of children being slapped, hit, and shaken as forms of discipline. The NSPCC is calling on the new government to abolish the legal defence of “reasonable chastisement” in England. The number of reports mentioning…