Peter Andre: I was smacked as a child – it didn’t harm me
Peter Andre has weighed into the debate over whether parents should be allowed to smack their children, saying it never did him any harm.
Andre, 43, said he was smacked as a means of discipline – but insisted he has never smacked his own children.
His comments come after a panel of experts told the United Nations that the UK should make physically punishing children illegal.
Writing in his New column the singer said: "As a child, I got smacked when I did something wrong and it never did my brothers or I any harm.
"Of course no parent should physically harm their child, but I don't see anything wrong with a smack on the hand or the bum to discipline them.
"That said I've never ever smacked my kids."
The Mysterious Girl singer said he uses psychological techniques to discipline his two-year-old daughter Amelia.
"We use the naughty step for Mills and it really works," he wrote.
"When she does something wrong she will say, 'Millie sorry', then go on it and say what she's sorry for."
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Andre last week announced that he and wife Emily MacDonagh are expecting their second child together.
Clearly excited to become a father again he shared a picture of the scan alongside the tweet: “OMG Dad to be AGAIN :)). Brilliant. So so happy.”
The news comes months after the couple tied the knot at a lavish ceremony at Exeter's Mamhead House.
Andre also has son Junior, 10, and daughter Princess, eight, with his ex-wife Katie Price.
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