NZ The hidden epidemic, family violence

[Lilith7]

Came across this earlier. One every four minutes...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE2kNs2B4BQ

[king1]

a bit sobering

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Not so hidden for those in the services dealing with it every day. But ignored by those who see no benefit in dealing with it.

[Lilith7]

We desperately need to change things - a good start might be to teach empathy in schools, right through the school years.

It wouldn't be a bad idea either to encourage the better side of human nature...empathy, love, peace & all of that. Yeah, I know...

[SueDonim]

We desperately need to change things  - a good start might be to teach empathy in schools, right through the school years.

It wouldn't be a bad idea either to encourage the better side of human nature...empathy, love, peace & all of that. Yeah, I know...

Yes, fully agree.

We could start with behaviour on forums when we get people who keep saying that all politicians are bastards instead of appreciating the work they do and remembering that even when we might disagree with them they have put their hands up to do a job that the rest of us weren't willing to do and have to suffer a whole lot of abuse as thanks for their efforts.

Then we could look at guiding the kinds of people like the ones I followed down a hospital corridor when an exuberant young child starting running around and instead of holding out a welcoming hand to keep the child safely at their side, he just got sworn at and told to "get here or I'll smash you".

And talking of smashing - the language of sports reporters is often very violent. How often do we here that one team "smashed" the other? When all they did was win a game.

We have a very violent society and maybe we could all start being a bit more kind and tolerant of one another instead of just criticising everyone else all the time.

[Lilith7]

We desperately need to change things  - a good start might be to teach empathy in schools, right through the school years.

It wouldn't be a bad idea either to encourage the better side of human nature...empathy, love, peace & all of that. Yeah, I know...

Yes, fully agree.

We could start with behaviour on forums when we get people who keep saying that all politicians are bastards instead of appreciating the work they do and remembering that even when we might disagree with them they have put their hands up to do a job that the rest of us weren't willing to do and have to suffer a whole lot of abuse as thanks for their efforts.

Then we could look at guiding the kinds of people like the ones I followed down a hospital corridor when an exuberant young child starting running around and instead of holding out a welcoming hand to keep the child safely at their side, he just got sworn at and told to "get here or I'll smash you".

And talking of smashing - the language of sports reporters is often very violent. How often do we here that one team "smashed" the other? When all they did was win a game.

We have a very violent society and maybe we could all start being a bit more kind and tolerant of one another instead of just criticising everyone else all the time.

What would also be a good start could be for posters to refrain from having a dig at other posters simply due to differing views.. 

Politicians on the other hand, are & always have been seen as fair game, & I'm fairly sure that would be universally.


Definitely agree about sport though; the language is constantly similar to a kind of warfare.

A while ago when discussing this, someone suggested that as well as teaching empathy in schools, we should also be teaching meditation, & I think that;s got to be worth looking into.

I also think that we ought to be teaching parenting in high schools, with basic budgeting, cooking & gardening as well.