Posts by Russell Brown
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Anyway, some more research from last year ...
Spanking has been, and still is, a common method of child discipline used by American parents.
But mothers who report that they or their partner spanked their child in the past year are nearly three times more likely to state that they also used harsher forms of punishment than those who say their child was not spanked, according to a new study led by the Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Such punishments included behaviors considered physically abusive by the researchers, such as beating, burning, kicking, hitting with an object somewhere other than the buttocks, or shaking a child less than 2 years old ...
“This study demonstrated for the first time that parents who report spanking children with an object and parents who frequently spank children are much more likely to report other harsh punishment acts consistent with physical abuse,” Zolotor said.
The study concluded that efforts to reduce spanking, especially with an object, through media, educational and legislative means may reduce physical child abuse.
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No surprise perhaps to find out that the panellist in question was NBR's Nevil Gibson, who I haven't heard much from before, but clearly isn't exactly breaking the mould of NBR's grumpy old white men.
I've known Nevil for years, and I like him personally, but his public commentary lately has verged on the batshit.
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That says to me "buy more storage and get a better bandwidth plan" ;-)
It says to me: "I'm glad we don't host in New Zealand"
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Yes, Graeme, those things were "nice" -- but for me they don't compare to the real day-to-day work of child welfare agencies, and they certainly don't trump McCoskrie's horrible dissembling and equivocation on behalf of people who really hurt their children.
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Vodafone does not lock handsets.
Also, before anyone asks, Vodafone doesn't have an exclusive deal with Apple for the iPhone and we've never claimed to have one. We're the only seller in NZ, but it's not exclusive.
You mean ... I was wrong? Twice ?
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I'm not demeaning what they do, You're being a bit silly now....
Yes you were, and no I'm not ...
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"Auckland -- like Wellington, but with celebrities!"
It could work.
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I was aware that the study I quoted did not claim that a smack had positive benefits.
Do you also accept that it shows very negative outcomes as a result of the kind of "discipline" dished out by Jimmy Mason and the others we've discussed on this thread?
Because that is what the research you quoted does say.
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So? Let them deal with child welfare then. Wouldn't it be nice if they put their energies into addressing child abuse in a way that is going to do something about it ...
I believe you're confusing those agencies with the For the Sake of Our Children Trust.
Have you ever met anyone from Barnaodos? These are coalface organisations, and it's that that informs their views.
I think you'd do well not to demean what they do, frankly, even if it doesn't suit your beliefs.
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Did we really only ask three questions?
I gather they were aggregated. But feel free to ask another one ...
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