The decline of spanking
Jun 2nd, 2008 by Holly Fox
Corporal punishment of children is slowing disappearing in many countries. This Economist article says the U.S. may soon be one of the only wealthy countries and one of the only countries in the Americas to continue to allow spanking.
In recent years, several European countries (Greece and Portugal, for example) have quietly abolished parental smacking after a Swiss-based lobby group challenged them for being in breach of the European social charter, a Council of Europe treaty. Three Latin American states (Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela) joined the non-smackers last year.
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