Mind Kind is about helping parents to think about mental health. This episode of the Mind Kind podcast is about slapping - Joanna North discusses recent legislation in the UK for slapping children, what the effects can be of this kind of approach and alternative ways to handle discipline and encourage positive behaviours.

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Dr Joanna North is a psychotherapist and psychologist specialising in child mental health and author of the book Mind Kind - Your Child's Mental Health.

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