In 1987, educational authorities in Britain declared that teachers in state schools could not use corporal punishment on students. In 1997, the Danish parliament went farther, passing legislation forbidding parents from striking their children.
影響所及，英國教育當局在一九八七年規定公立學校的老師不得體罰學生；丹麥國會也在一九九七年立法通過禁止父母打孩子。