Episode 221
The legacy of the anti-smacking law is clear to see
July 31, 202317m 45s
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Show Notes
The headline in the Herald on Sunday screamed "School violence on the rise: Thousands of students stood-down or suspended for physically assaulting peers each year." Are you surprised? You shouldn’t be. Children born at or around the time of the passing of the anti-smacking law or after it are now teenagers and children. Using government data, we examine the result of this grand social experiment - data which political and academic leaders refuse to acknowledge, instead lazily blaming bad behaviour on COVID and the climate.