Court backs smacking parents’ adoption bid
A council decision to ban a couple from adopting because they once smacked their son for swearing was “bordering on the bizarre”, a judge has ruled.
A council decision to ban a couple from adopting because they once smacked their son for swearing was “bordering on the bizarre”, a judge has ruled.
Anti-smacking MPs have been accused of double standards for demanding a free vote while wanting to take away parents’ freedom to decide how to raise their children.