And regardless of the law, social changes seem to be making parents in rich countries cautious about smacking.

除法律规定外，社会变迁似乎使富裕国家的父母更为谨慎地运用体罚。

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Colin Reid for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children said the proposed reforms would bring the law in Northern Ireland into line with legislation in England and Wales where smacking in private schools was outlawed in 1998.

BBC: Boy with placard