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According to statistics from UNICEF on violence in the family, in 2005-2006 eighty-one per cent of children aged 2-14 years old experienced violent discipline (physical punishment and/or psychological aggression).

(UNICEF, 2011, The State of the World’s Children, Table 9: Child Protection, www.unicef.org/sowc, NY: UNICEF)