A MetroTalk piece sparks debate about the impact of smacking children. One reader, Ben, argues that he turned out fine despite being hit as a child, while another reader, who experienced similar treatment, blames it for their childhood emotional struggles and ultimately their estrangement from their parents.
A reader describes how being hit as a child affected him in adulthood while another blames gentle parenting for the poor behaviour of our kids Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments. 'I was smacked and I think I turned out OK, but...' Ben says the more people who adopt the ‘jelly-soft outlook’ on banning smacking, the more ‘insecure, wokey people we’ll get’.
Kay, London Is a prison guard having sex with an inmate a victimless crime? Former prison officer Linda de Sousa Abreu, has been jailed for 15 months after having sex with an inmate in a cell ‘I can’t think of a more victimless crime’ The prisons are already overcrowded but female prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu has just been sentenced to 15 months inside for being consensually intimate with an inmate . I have been wracking my brains but I can’t think of a more victimless crime.
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