Today The Quicky looks into the laws around smacking and the psychological effects on our children when we use corporal punishment.

Is it against the law to hit your child in australia. A child is recognised and described by the United Nations UN childrens rights convention as every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child adulthood is attained earlier. The Family Law Act 1975 focuses on the rights of children and the responsibilities that each parent has towards their children. But not all see the punishment as benign and while it may still be legal there are many pushing to make it against the law.

No one is allowed to use extreme force to hurt you but it is not against the law for your parents to use physical punishment such as a smack. Child abuse and the law. Shared parental responsibility differs from equal time.

However there are conditions. That is the question. The majority 80 experienced physical punishment when they were a child Relationships Australia 2017.

However there are conditions. The physical punishment has. A person who having the lawful care or charge of a child under 12 years leaves the child for an unreasonable time without making reasonable provision for the supervision and care of the child during that time commits a misdemeanour.

Maximum penalty3 years imprisonment. Are or were married to or a de facto partner of one of the childs biological parents. It is unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child except where this amounts to reasonable punishment.

Its not illegal to smack your children in NSW. Children are protected by Australian law from abuse or violence. The answer to the above question according to the current law is.