Referendum may be badly worded but we must not ignore it
By Anne B. Smith Many people, including myself, have been saying that the Referendum question about smacking, is ambiguous and misleading. So does that mean that we should ignore it and chuck it in the...
View ArticleUS report show clear connection between abuse and physical punishment
Report on physical punishment in the United States: What research tells us about its effects on children An extensive report from the Phoenix Children’s Hospital, USA on the effects of physical...
View ArticleReport prompts call to action from new Children’s Commissioner
Efforts to prevent the tragic deaths of children in New Zealand must not be allowed to slow down, new Children’s Commissioner John Angus urged today on the release of a report into maltreatment of...
View ArticleTerry Dobbs: Research shows that smacking does not work as a disciplinary tool
Terry Dobbs wrote an insightful piece in today’s Herald, discussing the results of her research and its implications for improving behaviour outcomes for our children. Here are some excerpts:...
View ArticleDeborah Morris-Travers on the cost of child abuse on TVNZ Breakfast
Deborah Morris-Travers appeared on TVNZ Breakfast this morning to discuss new research that child abuse costs New Zealand over $2 billion per year. Watch the video.
View ArticleReport: Child abuse and neglect cost NZ $2 billion
Every Child Counts has just released a report written by Infometrics entitled The nature of economic costs of child abuse and neglect in New Zealand. The New Zealand Government has substantially...
View Article“Research” shows that smacking is good for kids?
Recently there have been reports in the media in New Zealand and internationally drawing attention to an unpublished study by Marjorie Gunnoe at Calvin College in Michigan USA that purports to have...
View ArticleThe APS Parent guide to helping children manage conflict
Understanding some of the stresses that parents undergo in parenting children is an important issue that has received little attention in the recent media debate around a US study on the effectiveness...
View ArticleThe child discipline law six months after the referendum
Six months have passed since the August 2009 postal referendum on “a smack”. The 2007 amendment to the Crimes Act 1961 that essentially bans the use of force for correction remains intact despite the...
View ArticleSKIP: What it is and why it works
The Ministry of Social Development have recently published this attractive and readable report called SKIP: What it is and why it works based on research into the SKIP (Strategies with Kids:...
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