In many countries physical punishment is so common that people don’t consider it as a wrong method that can really harm their kid on different level. What’s the most suprising, even some experts who work with children also don’t recognize slapping as a problem in communitiy, they often say that there are some situations that can’t be solved only with physical punishment. For example, in Croatia one psychologist was prosecuted after not reporting child abuse that he was witnessing. We think that people are not reacting and ignore the law because of their personal believes. Our goal is to change that believes and to make people see that physical punishment is not the way to solve a problem but to make new ones!
Our aim is to raise awareness amongst people in Europe by trying to connect all different organisations who are dealing with this issue and also to influence the government so it become more acitve in this issue. Specifically, we are proposing organsing obligatory workshops for parents about physical child abuse.
What do you think about this issue? What could governement and citizens do to solve it?
Don't slap your future! 