The Controversial Anti-Smacking Bill

I have some sympathy for both sides of this debate actually. I think that most of the Bill's supporters are genuine in their belief that this will address NZ's very real child abuse problem.

However the proposed legislation is seriously flawed and is unlikely to actually achieve it's stated objective. It also has serious potential for misuse in child custody cases and other situations where people may lay complaints against perfectly good parents with ulterior motives.

There are a good discussion at this website: http://www.publicdebate.co.nz/ at the moment.