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Originally Posted by toretorden
Is there a lot of opposition against the ban in New Zealand or are people happy about it? I guess there's less smacking in NZ than there is in the USA (appearantly more than 90% US kids recieve corporal punishment in a study from 1996). Do you think brats are snottier in NZ because of the lack of corporal punishment?
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A majority of the country are against it, people petitioned and gained a huge amount of signatures which you would think would make a difference however it was still passed.
Anti-smacking bill becomes law - National - NZ Herald News
It would not be known whether kids are "snottier" after only 2 years, try the next generation. Even then you can't be sure people are not still smacking their children. People can only be reported if smacking has been witnessed so apart from keeping a low profile in public nothing may have really changed.
The original point of the bill was to lower the rates of domestic violence against children, however I don't believe this will solve the problem or even reduce it, especially with the credit crunch the world is facing right now. People are losing jobs like it's gone out of fashion here and that's only going to increase stress levels (and prehaps drinking levels).
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