Tag: Big-news
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Another child dies
From the BIG NEWS Blog News, views and politics http://big-news.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-child-dies-when-is-it-going-to.html Another child dies When is it going to end? Story here TV clip here. Sue Bradford too busy posting pics of protests on Facebook to comment. An interview of the neighbour will be on TV3 news tonight.
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CYF boss apologies after parents go public – not for wrongdoing, but because those his department hassled were “upset”.
FROM Big News blog – read the comments on Big News as well: http://big-news.blogspot.com/2009/07/cyf-boss-apologies-after-parents-go.html CYF boss apologies after parents go public – not for wrongdoing, but because those his department hassled were “upset”. A parent tells how he smacked his child “I grabbed hold of her ankle and smacked her bottom” Two of his fingers…
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Police admit they may prosecute for smacking cases initially considered “reasonable force in the circumstances”
FROM: http://www.big-news.blogspot.com/ Police admit they may prosecute for smacking cases initially considered “reasonable force in the circumstances” Police have not ruled out prosecuting a parent who lightly – and with reasonable force – smacks their child, despite proponents of a law change on smacking saying it will never happen. Prior to 2007, if a parent…