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The Christchurch Civic
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How are we to find out about
smacking? Should children dob their parents in at police stations, or is it a
job for neighbours, family, teachers, or ex-partners with a grudge? How many offences against a new
law can we expect a day? If taps on the wrist are counted, we can hardly plan
for less than 1000, so do our police, social workers and teachers have the
people to cope? After all, the Ellis case showed
us the problems surrounding young children's evidence are many and time
consuming especially perhaps, when they concern dad and mum. And what about teenagers during
that awful period when they have the worst parents in the world? Perhaps MPs are about to pass
another law that would collapse immediately if it were properly enforced. The
danger is that the really serious cases are even more likely to be lost in
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