TY  - SER
AU  - Maxwell, Gabrielle
ED  - New Zealand.
TI  - Physical punishment in the home in New Zealand
T2  - Office of the Commissioner for Children occasional paper, 
SN  - 0959799567
U1  - 649.64 MAX 
PY  - 1993///]
CY  - Wellington, N.Z.
PB  - Office of the Commissioner for Children
KW  - ATTITUDES
KW  - FVC
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
KW  - DISCIPLINE
KW  - PARENTING
KW  - PHYSICAL ABUSE
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 18); nz
N2  - This paper reports on a telephone survey of randomly selected New Zealanders aged 15 and over that asked about  behaviours and attitudes towards disciplining children. The author compares the results with those found by the Ritchies in their studies of 1963 and 1977. Maxwell found that the attitudes and behaviour of New Zealanders about physical punishment in the home appear to be changing. Although smacking with the hand is still both approved and used as a standard parental response to the misbehaviour of children of all ages, anything more severe is no longer a part of the repertoire of most parents or the experience of most children. The report raises a number of topics for further research in the area of physical punishment of children
ER  -