title: You can't slap your neighbour or wife, so why can parents hit their children?
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting; D011678:Punishment; D006113:United Kingdom