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Barnardos parent helpline

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Woman in a room talking on the telephone.

Child welfare organisation Barnardos runs a helpline which enables parents and caregivers to speak to trained parenting advisers. This sort of service aims to help adults deal with the challenges of childcare positively instead of resorting to violence.

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Bronwyn Dalley, Child abuse – Community responses to child abuse, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30571/barnardos-parent-helpline (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bronwyn Dalley, published 26 April 2011.