Ancestors

Written by MWT on 2025-01-06 at 08:36

The bill about putting youth offenders into a military academy where "reasonable physical force" is allowed: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCSSC_SCF_58C619F0-9C1F-4CE0-DF81-08DD076D450C/oranga-tamariki-responding-to-serious-youth-offending

I oppose the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill. New Zealand has laws against parents disciplining their children through physical force. Why should this be allowed just because it's a government official doing the disciplining?

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Written by MWT on 2025-01-06 at 08:37

The Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill should be abandoned. The government should focus on ensuring all changes recommended in the Abuse of State Care Inquiry report.

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Written by MWT on 2025-01-06 at 08:37

Furthermore, if the goal of the government is to reduce youth offending, might I point out that an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. Restore (and increase!) funding to programmes like Family Start, which do more to provide youth with a solid foundation toward becoming good citizens than beating them in a military boot camp ever would.

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