A mother writes

NZ Herald journalist and mother Karyn Scherer writes in the Herald how Police visited her on Saturday Night:

There were three burly policemen on my doorstep, who shone a torch in my face and aggressively informed me that someone in my neighbourhood was concerned that I might be abusing my children.

It turns out that the alleged abuse was Scherer making her two year old have a bath and go to bed.  While the Police accepted this explanation, Scherer ponders:

So they left, but without so much as a smile or a “sorry to bother you”, and now I am the talk of the neighbourhood.

I can only suppose my name is on a blacklist somewhere, and if they get another call then Child Youth and Family will be notified.

And then she reconsiders a previous position:

I have written editorials in favour of the anti-smacking law and I have been asked to appear on TV to present my arguments. I have bored my colleagues with my views on the matter, and I must admit I am now wondering if those who argued that the anti-smacking law would come back to bite good parents on the bum might have been right.