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What is more, I would have thought it would affect their employment prospects, as we heard from a previous speaker, because even out-of-court settlements are being added to enhanced DBS checks. A mum who has gone on one of these education courses could find that she cannot be a care assistant or a childminder, because she stopped her child running into the road in front of a car by slapping them, and somebody reported it. We have to consider the reputations trashed and parents’ jobs put in jeopardy. Goodness knows what the impact is on family life and parent-child relationships, especially when I hear noble Lords putting a smacking dad in the same category as a monster who beats his child black and blue. That must be so demoralising. It is certainly unfair and disproportionate, and all in the name of positive parenting.