smacking

'It's a stew of tripe,' said the landlord smacking his lips, 'and cow-heel,' smacking them again, 'and bacon,' smacking them once more, 'and steak,' smacking them for the fourth time, 'and peas, cauliflowers, new potatoes, and sparrow-grass, all working up together in one delicious gravy.' Having come to the climax, he smacked his lips a great many times, and taking a long hearty sniff of the fragrance that was hovering about, put on the cover again with the air of one whose toils on earth were over.

'Mong the motley-speckled fierce creatures, Shouldest rove, sinful-sound and fine-coloured, With longing lips smacking, Blessedly mocking, blessedly hellish, blessedly bloodthirsty, Robbing, skulking, lying--roving:--

"In short," concluded the parson, decisively smacking his leg with his switch, "there's hardly such another family in England."

Wales is to ban parents from smacking their children, making England the only part of the UK where it remains legal.

AN AMERICAN academic who contributed to the Welsh Government's consultation on making smacking illegal has appealed for Wales not to introduce a ban Robert Larzelere, the Endowed Professor of Parenting Research at Oklahoma State University, said information he submitted had been misquoted and relevant research was ignored.

SMACKING children has been a big talking point and Telegraph readers have had plenty to say on the subject.

SCHOOL psychologists have stepped up the campaign to ban parents from smacking their children.

SMACKING and other forms of physical punishment are no more effective in instilling discipline in children than other parenting techniques, according to a new report by the Wales Centre for Public Policy.

I WOULD have to say that I wholeheartedly agree with Barbara Dunn and her recent letter regarding smacking naughty children (Talkback, November 9).

MSP My fears over smacking Scotland's Children's Minister has warned that smacking kids can damage their long-term wellbeing.