Smacking chidren to become a ciminal offence.

[speakout]

About time!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49908849

I thought it already was!

In England presentlt parents can use "reasonable physical chastisement" to discipline their children.
I see Wales is close to an outright ban on smacking too.

Great to hear of progress.

It's just part of the SNP agenda of more and more central control. The Named Person legislation has finally been kicked into touch only 3 years after the Supreme Court said it was illegal. Now the agenda is to take control away from parents bit by bit.

cdtaylornats

This bill was lodged by a Green MSP and has cross party support.

It's about time. It's beyond appalling that it's illegal to smack your partner one, but fine if it's a small child. Chilling in fact.

@cdtaylornats huh?

You're offended by a government that affords the same right to physical safety to children that it already extends to adults?

@Bluntness100 absolutely spot on. That’s exactly how I feel about it.

I thought it already was illegal in Scotland. Legislation which states I'm not allowed to physically assault small people makes perfect sense to me. How in the 21st century some people think this is their right is nuts to me. Pure and simple.

Should absolutely be a criminal offence.

You wouldn't hit a stranger, co worker, partner etc if they were irritating you, disagreeing with you or you felt they needed to act differently. Why anyone would think it's okay to hit or hurt (or lightly tap as I've heard some people refer to it) a child I just can't understand. There's nothing "reasonable" about hurting or intimidating a child/person.