Some parents call it a loving smack. I call it violence | Susanna Rustin

The movement to ban corporal punishment is gaining ground all over the world. Is Britain finally ready to give up the right to hit children?To say that English parents are uniquely keen on hitting their kids wouldn’t be fair – even on a day when the Welsh government’s announcement that it aims to outlaw corporal punishment leaves England looking isolated. What can be said with confidence is that English parents, and the MPs who represent them, appear unusually determined to hol