Members of the Scottish Childminding Association at the meeting in Aberdeen last Saturday welcomed the Executive's proposals to ban the use of corporal punishment (News, 13 September), which they had voted for unilaterally more than ten years ago.
SCMA director Anne McNellan said, 'The SCMA has been consistent in its message that smacking is not appropriate as a means of managing children's behaviour.
'The SCMAhas a code of practice, which has been developed by our members, that states quite clearly that smacking has no place in the provision of quality childcare. It is great to hear that the Government now recognises and agrees with our good practice and has decided to introduce these bans.' Registered childminder and SCMA convenor Margaret Williams said, 'Registered childminders are role models for young children and are in a good position to teach them that violence should not be used to get other people to do what they want.'
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