Loading ...Parents will be BANNED from smacking their children in France – where 85 per cent of adults are thought to use the punishment
French politicians have passed a law banning parents from smacking their children.
The French parliament voted today to outlaw corporal punishment in a bid to make sure parents do not overstep their authority.
The bill on ‘corporal punishment or humiliation’ seeks to ensure that parental authority is exercised ‘without violence’ of any sort, including ‘physical, verbal or psychological’ violence.
Despite 85 per cent of French parents saying they resort to smacking their children to discipline them, the National Assembly passed the bill.
MPs voted it through 51-1 early Friday morning, after a late-night debate, and it will now pass to the Senate.
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