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1 February 2020

9:00 AM

1 February 2020

9:00 AM

Childhood’s end

Shouldn’t we target the sheer hypocrisy, the pretence that constantly frightening youngsters with prophecies of doom – now the case for several decades – is not contributing to the growing incidence of suicide among our young?

I’ve been recently struck by an email from a long-time friend. Lindsay Perigo was formerly Television New Zealand’s best presenter and interviewer when chairing political debates.

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