'Children will say, "Ha ha ha, you can't hit me because it's against the law". But children are dependent on their parents and to hit is an abusive power. There may well be cheek and taunting, but that is no reason to sanction that abusive power' Mary Crowley of the Parenting Education and Support Forum, on the proposed outlawing of smacking, the Guardian
'Children will say, "Ha ha ha, you can't hit me because it's against the law". But children are dependent on their parents and to hit is an abusive power. There may well be cheek and taunting, but that is no reason to sanction that abusive power'
Mary Crowley of the Parenting Education and Support Forum, on the proposed outlawing of smacking, the Guardian
