According to AFP and BFMYV, France's Minister of Solidarity and Family Affairs, Aurore Bergé, has proposed a plan to help parents cope with the new challenges of educating their children on the one hand, and to prompt parents to assume parental responsibilities on the other. She will launch a nationwide consultation on this issue from 11 December.
In the December 10 issue of the newspaper Latribune, Bergé said that "our public policies cannot bypass women, cannot be without the participation of parents, much less against parents," and that "we need them, and we need their participation to build our society together."
"It is clear that our society needs to re-establish authority, and this is not the old-fashioned, reactionary way of doing so," Bergé said. It is clear that parents are now unable to cope with the new risks of their children sitting all day without exercise, and the fact that screens (mobile phones, computers, etc.) take up more and more of their children's time, and so on, which affects all social classes." "I want parents to regain their rightful place" and "our public policy must not forget them".
Bergé recently addressed the National Assembly. (*AFP).
Rather than giving parents a guide on how to be a parent, Bergé explains, "We're here to help parents who are struggling and feeling isolated. Parents are anxious to see their authority as parents being questioned by those pseudo-experts on TikTok."
Referring to the urban riots that broke out at the end of June this year, Bergé said that "we cannot only be reminded of parental responsibilities in times of crisis". She further mentioned that during the riots, "single mothers who took to the streets at night to find their children and put them on the right path". Bergé said that 30 percent of the teenagers involved in the urban riots that broke out at the end of June were minors, and 60 percent of the participants grew up in single-parent families. The current social reality is that women often take responsibility for educating their children alone, and "our society must adapt to this situation" and respond.
"What does it mean to be a parent?What about the other half of the parents?The missing parent is usually the father, and being a father is more than just providing for the child's food." "Husband and wife may divorce, but the family should continue to exist, and no parent, male or female, can leave their children". She offered to get parents and men to sign an agreement that "we need them to take full responsibility as parents."
"Together with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice, we will set up a mechanism for parents who have not fulfilled their parental obligations to participate in public welfare work," Belget also announcedParents of children who have caused material damage are also required to pay compensation to victims' associations;If the child is at trial and the parents are not present, such parents will have to pay a fine".
Of course, parents deserve further support, Belge said: "I will increase the resources of the Family Allowance Authority (CAF) by 30% so that they can better accompany and support parents". This measure will be implemented from this year until 2027. When it comes to congé familial, which will be introduced from 2025, Belge notes that it will be "simpler and more flexible". Both parents will be able to take family leave at the same time or separately, and the allowance for the period of leave will be "significantly" higher than the current congé parental allowance, which will be introduced early next year.
Bergé also announced the creation of a scientific committee from December 11, led by child psychologist Sergehefez and Hélèneroques, author of Sauvonsnosenfants. The committee, which is made up of demographers, sociologists, judges, child psychologists and philosophers, will "spend six months providing me with concrete advice" and "addressing the challenges facing parents today." The panel considered topics such as how to help parents who are struggling to cope, how to eliminate conflicts within the family, and how public institutions can take responsibility for adolescents who are violent or unable to stand on their own.
Editor: Autumn Beaver).