Why France needs a total ban on smacking kids
Why France needs a total ban on smacking kids
As a provocative new anti-smacking video campaign by the Fondation pour l'Enfance (Foundation for Childhood) causes a stir in France, the man behind the drive Dr. Gilles Lazimi tells The Local why France needs a law banning parents from smacking their kids.
Since the Council of Europe's 1998 ruling that European countries should ban all forms of smacking of children by parents, only a few nations have failed to implement such a law.
One of them is France, despite efforts over the last 14 years to bring legislation in line with the rest of the continent.
This week, however, the French charity Foundation for Childhood, in collaboration with Dr. Gilles Lazimi, launched a video campaign (see below) which has already shocked French viewers and sparked debate over the question of discipline, children's rights, and parental authority in France.
Lazimi joined The Local to explain why the time has come for France to introduce a total ban on smacking.
http://www.thelocal.fr/20130618/why-france-needs-a-total-ban-on-smacking-kids
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