Residents of Scotland were forbidden to spank children for educational purposes.

A new law banning the physical punishment of children under 16 was approved by the Scottish Parliament last year. The ban went into effect on Saturday, November 7th. Previously, parents and guardians in Scotland were allowed to punish children in a similar manner.

The first country in the world to ban flip flops was Sweden in 1979. Scotland turned out to be the 57th country to follow this example. A similar law is expected to be approved in Wales in January 2021. If the law is passed, it will take effect from 2022. In England and Northern Ireland, such a bill is not yet planned to be passed.

So, how about ask parent and teachers if your laws helped? Bad idea, I guess, as answers won't be pleasant.

Spanking works perfect if it is being used at proper time and proper age, without any abuse of the child (!). Idea of modern idiots that parents should have no authority at all is, well, idea of idiots. As they try to make equal abusive parents with real big issues and normal families. Result is directly opposite - as they later try to use government institutions to correct children at the completely wrong age where hard methods don't work at all. Or they just start telling everyone that they are "special" and "alternatively gifted".