Maternal educational practices and mental health disorders of school-age children

Clarity in the law is needed to stop physical punishment of children

“…There is a knock-on damage of physical punishment across children’s lives, with physical punishment and severe physical maltreatment being shown to be associated with emotional and behavioural difficulties in schoolchildren 6. Disciplining children through physical violence merely serves to educate them that such violence is accepted by society, this may encourage them to behave in this way as they grow older.…”