When will Labour ban hitting children (finally)?

[BurbageBrook]

I use the term hitting not smacking because 'smacking' minimises it. Since this has been banned (and about time too) in Wales and Scotland surely it will be a priority now that Labour have got in? Has anyone heard anything about it? It wasn't in the manifesto but maybe that's because it's only relevant to England, not the UK. I know Labour support banning it but I'm keen for it to happen ASAP as I feel really strongly about this. Has anyone heard anything?

I didn't say it was "acceptable", merely that I don't think it's had any detrimental effect on me at all.

DF only ever resorted to that after every other attempt to get us to behave had been ignored. It only ever happened twice, and only once he'd been driven to distraction by our behaviour. I think it's one thing to get all outraged about it, but you're applying todays moral standards to something that happened the thick end of 50 years ago, when the perpetrator was raised by people who themselves were children and learned that around 70-80 years ago.

I think I'm more entitled than anyone to judge my own DM for his behaviour, and frankly, I couldn't care less because it's been of no consequence whatsoever to my life, but it achieved the intended purpose at the time and I know my DM wasn't doing it out of nastiness or because he was a sadist. I find other people being outraged on my behalf a bit odd.