Physical punishment happening less, but still common - study

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Physical punishment happening less, but still common – study
There is a clear downward trend in the number of parents using physical violence as a punishment in New Zealand, but its use is still relatively common, a new University of Otago study reveals.
Anti-smacking legislation that prohibited the use of physical punishment of children was introduced in New Zealand in 2007. The Otago study, to be published tomorrow in the New Zealand Medical Journal, spans before and after the legislation came into force and examines how the prevalence of child physical punishment changed between 2002 to 2017.
The 763 parents studied were members of the longitudinal Christchurch Health and Development Study which started in 1977.

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