I have just completed the Certificate in Childminding Practice Stage 3. The childminders I know would not smack but use other forms of teaching a child right from wrong.
When will people recognise us as professional childcarers, not something from the Dark Ages?
Sharon Beardsmore, Churchdown, Gloucestershire
Editor's note: I think correspondents have missed the ironic intention of Ms Dyer's letter.
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