Tag: child protection
“M1”: Bavaria’s Health Minister calls for new examinations for girls – Bavaria
Bavaria’s Health Minister Judith Gerlach (CSU) is campaigning for a new preventive examination for girls aged twelve and over by a gynecologist. “The aim of a girls’ health examination, ‘M1’…
200 people march to “affirm the rights of the child”
Slogans at odds with the latest political speeches. This Saturday, around 200 people demonstrated in Paris to “affirm the rights of the child”, two years after the Head of State’s…
Spankings, slaps, humiliation… “Parents are often violent without knowing it”
Mentalities have evolved, practices have changed. But not enough. The decision of a judge in Metz invoking a so-called “right of correction” has shed light on these parental techniques which…
Parents, do you have the right to “search” your children’s phone?
Do parents have the right to read their teenager’s WhatsApp conversations or watch their Snapchat stories? The issue returned to public debate after Sabrina Agresti-Roubache defended the right of parents…
Convicted for putting a little girl in pajamas outside to calm down in the middle of winter
While two sisters were arguing one morning at the family home, infuriating the parents, the mother ended up, to “calm down” her 10-year-old daughter, by throwing her out, reports The…
Three key figures on this scourge that is all too present in France
On the other end of the line, most of the time they are adults. The two monitoring officers of the System to combat minor prostitution (DLPM), set up on April…
Daycare closed for three months due to safety breaches
The doors will be closed on Monday and will remain closed for a period of three months. Due to “various dysfunctions” reported by parents since December, the prefecture and the…
Justice confronted with the sad story of a child placed in the middle of a torn couple
She is the collateral victim of an awkward encounter. Inès (all first names have been changed) is a 4-year-old child living in Ille-et-Vilaine. For several months, she has found herself…
Florida passes law limiting access to social media for under-16s
Florida is trying to combat the addiction of young people to screens. The governor of this state, Ron De Santis, signed a law on Monday aimed at restricting the access…
Couple lose parental authority for breaking their two-month-old baby’s arm
It was the pediatric department of Rennes University Hospital which raised the alarm. While a two-month-old baby was hospitalized for constipation and crying, doctors finally discovered that the infant suffered…