Stuff co.nz 2 April 2016 Family First Comment: This article is raising the exact same issues we already raised in our February report on the anti-smacking law “Defying Human Nature”. https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/research/smacking-law-2016/ “It’s not that young people have different problems from when he started 13 years ago. There are just more of them. More severe depression. […]

Radio NZ 3 April 2016 Family First Comment: It’s called ‘dope’ for a very good reason! So why would governments want to encourage use of it?? New research shows chronic marijuana smokers – those who use cannabis four or more days a week for many years – are more likely to wind up in a lower […]

LifeSiteNews 4 March 2016 Family First Comment: They deny cases like these will happen – but don’t believe them. They do happen.  A biological man claiming to be ‘transgender’ so as to gain access to and prey on women at two Toronto shelters was jailed “indefinitely” last week after being declared by a judge a […]

NewsHub 1 April 2016 Family First Comment: But wait until they legalise marijuana. Then we’re back to step 1 again. #ironic Exposure to second-hand smoke in Kiwi homes has almost halved in a seven-year period, a study has found. Massey University research examined the effects of second-hand smoke exposure for children and non-smoking adults in […]

NZ Herald 27 March 2016 Young people who smoke cannabis regularly slide further down the social ladder than their parents, a study has revealed. Those who use the Class B drug at least four times a week over several years end up in less skilled jobs than their family, researchers found – meaning they earn […]

Is No Spanking And No Time Out Type of Discipline Ideal? Parent Herald 30 March 2016 Family First Comment: “Spanking and using time-outs are usually used as a form of punishment in terms of taming a bad behavior in children. According to the director of Yale Parenting Center, however, punishment does not usually change a […]