Editorial
Time for SA parents to start acting like the adults in the room
22 September 2019 - 00:00
The Constitutional Court this week invited us to embrace positive parenting - and to leave behind an old-fashioned, abusive style of discipline - when it declared that the common law defence of reasonable and moderate parental chastisement is inconsistent with the constitution...
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