The children's charity NSPCC have called for a UK-wide ban on physical punishment as concerns over children being smacked and hit by their parents have tripled in a year.
There are as many parenting styles as there are parents, with each family choosing to use a method that best works from them from helicopter parenting to gentle parenting. But while it's a personal choice what approach you take as a parent, there is a lot of discussion around the most effective methods for parenting and, more specifically, for disciplining children.
