a non-violent manner, an effective family safety curriculum cannot be taught and this is one of the key preventive approaches to family violence. A reversion back to corporal punishment or failing to properly equip teachers in this manner will condemn Samoa to many more years of suffering under the epidemic of family violence. RECOMMENDATION 13: Strengthen the ban on corporal punishment in schools through educating society on its negative impacts and how it violates the Fa’asamoa and human rights. • • • Incorporate teaching on the impacts of corporal punishment in schools into positive parenting programmes and disseminate through village representatives. Monitor attitudes towards corporal punishment in schools. Teacher training on non-violent discipline and monitoring of student perceptions of teacher violence to ensure full implementation. 14.1.3 Public Awareness INQUIRY FINDING 24: Family violence continues, in part, due to the absence of support for its elimination from leading politicians, public servants, traditional and religious leaders, and in their direct involvement in the perpetration of such violence. INQUIRY FINDING 25: There is a general lack of awareness of key laws and services, which means that many victims may not access the support they require and future prevention is not achieved, therefore allowing family violence to continue. The education of children is essential in bringing up a new generation who are well versed on principles of non-violence, rather than the current situation where violence is the answer and the norm. However, wider public awareness is also important despite the Inquiry hearing opinions voiced such as: “There is no point teaching the old ones like us because they are set in their ways. It’s our children we need to concentrate on […] perhaps they will understand it better and their future will be improved”. Inquiry consultations participant, Inquiry document 58 Whilst it is true that it is easier to educate younger people, with fewer preconceptions and prejudices, it is also the case that older people can also change their views. In doing so, they can become positive role models for others to do the same and to be able to speak from a position of understanding of both perspectives.