'Smack and smoke' is banned in Wales
James Tweed
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
Childminders in Wales will no longer be allowed to smack children or to smoke in their presence, unlike their counterparts in England. The national standards for daycare and childminding for under-eights in Wales being introduced on 1 April forbid childminders from using any form of physical force to punish children, as well as smoking while caring for children.
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