Welsh parents ponder wisdom of smacking ban

Even parents who never spank their children say it's a gray area

The cries of preschool children echo around the game wearing a blue barn industrial estate in Wrexham, and their parents praised the proposed ban on strikes.

Wales is the first part of the United Kingdom to legislate against struck after the Assembly approved a call to remove the "legal punishment" of the defense, although it is likely be applied for at least five years. is an issue that polarizes the parents.

sisters Melanie Edwards, 28, and Stephanie Davies, 22, have two young children.

"I thought the ban already existed, but I never slam my kids anyway," said Edwards.

It describes a crack on the age of two. "It does not react, then it had happened before I was so bad and I was more upset that it seemed that there was also a woman at Tesco, who said to his son .." Let mummy see the clothes, "then it hit him." She shakes her head in disbelief.

Davies said: ".. I would use the wrong way, if I were in the house or if we were, I would retire to treat or attempt to bribe a little more"

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Elaine, 44, mother of two children, ages one and five. "I was never angry," he said. "I do not want my husband is a crack that men do not know their strength.

"My three year old daughter going through a phase of biting. When used to pull my hair, I used to pull the hair back. But I can not bite back, so it touches the back of his hand lightly. "

was not sure how the law would be possible. At school your child saw a woman pulling the ear of his grandson, son and hit on the head.

Melanie Johnson, 27, who has a son a year, is the author of a little slap on the wrist in extreme circumstances, but never in public.

• "He hit me once when I was a child and still remember it I think the Welsh Assembly has no right to legislate as parents continue to do what 'they think is the best There are many gray areas .. - Is not black and white "

Christine Chapman, one of Labour backbenchers, who presented a motion, said the UK was not in line with many countries that imposed exile.

In England and Northern Ireland for the defense of "reasonable chastisement" has eliminated the most serious assaults on children, but is still assault. In Scotland the law was amended to prohibit hit on the head, shaking or implementation.

Kirsty Williams, the Welsh Liberal Democrat leader, said: "I thought it would be a good opportunity to see what the government can do to encourage parents to make positive decisions in setting limits for their children ". / Aa>
"I also wanted to explore whether the Assembly does have the power to legislate on this point."

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