Don´t  Hit, Spank or Smack ‘Your Children

In Denmark the Parliament recently passed a law, prohibiting parents to submit their children to physical violence. (Act No. 416, 10^th of June 1997, on Parental Custody of Children And Visiting Rights)

This law says: The child is entitled to care and protection. The child must be treated with respect for his or her body and the child must not be subjected to corporal punishment or any other offensive treatment.

Up until 1997 it wasn't quite uncommon, that children were subjected to physical punishment, but when the Act was passed, children now enjoy the same protection as adults.

In Denmark we recognize, that it is possible to raise our children without using violence. In fact, an upbringing without smacking or spanking the children, is far more constructive, and emphasis's love, care and respect far better, than the “old-fashioned” upbringing with the use of violence.

An upbringing, which is solely based on love, care and respect, prepares the children far better for their own adult life, than the “old-fashioned” upbringing. Remember, that Your children will become mothers or fathers eventually, with responsibility for children od their own.

Du må ikke slå dine børn

I Danmark har Folketinget for vedtaget en lov, der forbyder forældre at slå deres børn. (Lov nr. 416 af 10. juni 1997 om forældremyndighed og samvær).

I denne lov hedder det direkte: Barnet har ret til omsorg og tryghed. Det skal behandles med respekt for sin person og må ikke udsættes for legemlig afstraffelse eller anden krænkende behandling.

Indtil 1997 var det ikke ualmindeligt, at børn fik smæk som en del af deres opdragelse, men med vedtagelsen af den nye lov har børn i dag samme beskyttelse mod vold som voksne har.

I Danmark anerkender vi, at det er bestemt muligt at opdrage sine børn uden at bruge vold. Faktum er, at en opdragelse uden tæv eller smæk er langt mere konstruktiv og fremmende for gensidig kærlighed, omsorg og respekt mellem voksne og deres børn, end en opdragelse med mere eller mindre vold.

En opdragelse, der alene bygger på kærlighed, omsorg og respekt, er en fin forberedelse for børnene til deres voksenliv og til den situation, at de en dag skal have deres egne børn at have ansvar for.

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