Critics have said the law will criminalise parents but the Welsh government said it will protect children's rights.
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"That right is now enshrined in Welsh law - no more grey areas, no more 'defence of reasonable punishment'. That is all in the past." "We don't allow the physical punishment of adults or animals, so it is absurd that we have for so long with children.Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners Wales, Dr Rowena Christmas, said:"The evidence is absolutely compelling that physically punishing a child can be harmful to the wellbeing of both child and parent.
"Providing consistency, good routines and being role models for our children in the values we would like them to display creates good people."
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