f rom common to deviant parental behavior in Sweden Stockholm Februari 7 2017 Staffan Janson Professor Paediatrician Karlstad and Uppsala Universities Sweden The ban in the Parental Code of 1979 ID: 533472
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Corporal punishment of children;from common to deviant parental behavior in SwedenStockholm Februari 7, 2017
Staffan JansonProfessor, Paediatrician Karlstad and Uppsala Universities SwedenSlide2
The ban in the Parental Code of 1979, chapter 5, section 1
"Children are entitled to care, security and good upbringing. Children
are to be treated
with respect for their person and individuality
and may not be subjected to corporal punishment or any other humiliating treatment."Slide3
Overall aim and vision with the banGrounded on a vision and view that children are not parental property but instead: "children are independent individuals with a right to full respect for their integrity."The aim and goal: make clear that children have a right to an upbringing without violencechange attitudes
and decrease the use of corporal punishmentThe aim was not to criminalize parental behaviorSupplemented with a large information campaignSlide4
Corporal punishment: Parental attitudes and behavior 1960 - 2011Corporal punishment banSlide5
What are the benefits for the child, the family and the society?ChildrenLess punished, humiliated or killedParents/familiesA democratic upbringing based on respect for children’s rightsParental behavior towards their children which they don’t have to regretFrank and candid children who will look positively on their parents based on love, not from fear. The SocietyA greater awareness of the devastating effects of violent behaviorThe insight that adult behavior on a population level can be changed in a comparatively short time.Equity; economy, gender, generations A new generation, less violent, aware of their rights and more resistant to non-democratic influences