□ Ma Xia, a reporter from the Legal Literature News
The “Family Education Promotion Law of the People’s Republic of China” passed by the 31st meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress will come into force on January 1, 2022. This is the first time that my country has carried out special legislation on family education. Chinese parents have entered the era of “bringing children according to law”, and it has become particularly important to cultivate morality.
Recently, the People’s Court of Lancang County, Pu’er City, Yunnan Province, after a comprehensive evaluation of the case of a minor Shi’s alleged rape, believed that it was not unrelated to the lack of family education and indulgence, and issued the first “Order the Family to Accept the Families” to Shi’s parents. Education Guidance Order, ordering parents to receive family education guidance within a time limit.
On December 13, 2021, the Lancang County Women’s Federation, the County Court, and the County Zhuqingting Community Public Welfare Affairs Center jointly conducted a bilingual interpretation of the law to provide family education guidance to parents of minors involved in the case for the first time. Through the guidance, Shi’s parents shed tears of remorse, and expressed that they will study the Fa seriously in the future, improve their educational methods, and give their children a healthy family environment for growth.
Guide to pay attention to family style
Clarify the family responsibility of Lide Shuren
The reporter searched and found that since the newly revised “Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors” came into effect on June 1, 2021 and the “Family Education Promotion Law of the People’s Republic of China” was passed on October 23, at the end of 2021, Jiangsu Yizheng , Anhui He County, Sichuan Xuyong, Fujian Nanping District Court, have issued the first “Order of Family Education Guidance” to promote the implementation of the Family Education Promotion Law and further consolidate family responsibilities in family education.
A country cannot thrive without virtue, and a person cannot stand without virtue. The fundamental task of family education is to cultivate morality, minors commit crimes, and their parents have an inescapable responsibility.
The Family Education Promotion Law aims to carry forward the Chinese nation’s fine tradition of attaching importance to family education, guide the whole society to pay attention to family, family education, and family style, and to enhance family happiness and social harmony.
Article 49 of the Family Education Promotion Law clarifies that in the process of handling cases, public security organs, people’s procuratorates, and people’s courts discover that minors have committed serious bad behavior or committed criminal acts, or that the parents or other guardians of minors have improperly carried out Where family education infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of minors, parents or other guardians shall be reprimanded according to the circumstances, and they may be ordered to receive family education guidance.
Respect for individual developmental differences
Avoid increasing your study load
A few days ago, a doctor in Nanjing, “Tiger Dad”, forced elementary school children to learn classical Chinese and advanced mathematics. As a result, he abused and beat the children and committed domestic violence. In desperation, the child’s mother applied to the court for a three-month habeas corpus.
Under the background of “double reduction”, how to build high-quality family education? The story of “Tiger Dad” is thought-provoking. The family is the child’s first classroom, and the parent is the child’s first teacher. To hope that children will become dragons, they must also respect the laws of physical and mental development and individual differences of minors, and make up for the lesson of bringing children according to law.
“‘Bringing children in accordance with the law’ means raising children according to the correct educational concepts and methods. This is the only way to make two or even three generations happy.” On December 22, 2021, at the NetEase Education Golden Wing Award Ceremony, Sun Yunxiao, a researcher at the China Youth Research Center and vice president of the China Family Education Association, said that in the era of “double reduction”, it is especially necessary to make up for the main course of life education, which is the task of family education.
The Family Education Promotion Law specifically states that parents or other guardians of minors should reasonably arrange time for minors to study, rest, entertainment and physical exercise, avoid increasing the burden of minors’ study, and prevent minors from indulging in the Internet.
In response to the “double reduction” requirement of reducing the burden of homework and off-campus training for students in the compulsory education stage, the law stipulates that local people’s governments at or above the county level should strengthen supervision and management, reduce the burden of homework and off-campus training for students in the compulsory education stage, and promote school education. Cooperate with family education.
Pay attention to children’s mental health
Cherish life and grow together
When the Family Education Promotion Law was passed, a survey conducted by the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily showed that 80.7% of the interviewed parents were often confused about family education, and 94.7% of the interviewed parents expected this law to help them relieve their anxiety about education.
The key to Lide Shuren is that parents study hard and children improve every day. Xu Kaiwen, associate professor of Peking University and doctor of clinical psychology, called on the 18th Shenzhen “Family Education Forum”, “The key is to adjust the mentality of parents and not let children become the ultimate bearers of social pressure.”
According to The State of the World‘s Children 2021, in 2020, more than 13% of adolescents aged 10 to 19 worldwide will suffer from mental illness. The mental health problems of young people in my country are also becoming increasingly prominent.
Liang Hong, a doctor at Beijing Huilongguan Hospital and deputy director of Beijing Psychological Crisis Research and Intervention Center, pointed out that an equal and healthy parent-child relationship is the premise of mental health.
The mental health of students has received a lot of attention in recent years. In July 2021, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued the “Notice on Strengthening the Management of Students’ Mental Health“, proposing to conduct an annual mental health assessment for the upper grades of primary schools, junior high schools, and high schools.
The Family Education Promotion Law clearly stipulates in the chapter “Family Responsibilities” that parents or other guardians of minors should pay attention to the mental health of minors and teach them to cherish life.
Strengthen professional guidance on family education
Building a new model of home-school-community collaboration
The 14-year-old girl Fangfang (pseudonym) is intellectually disabled. Her mother ran away from home, and her father had no choice but to take her and her younger brother out to work. Due to poor supervision, Fangfang, who has never been to school, was repeatedly sexually assaulted in her place of residence. After the incident, the police immediately contacted the social worker to carry out rescue work for him.
The social worker admonished Fangfang’s father, and Fangfang was eventually sent to the daytime trusteeship of a youth care base in Beijing. At first Fangfang did not cooperate, thinking that her father really “don’t want” her. It turned out that although Fangfang’s father never gave up on her, he often said “I don’t want you anymore” and “I’ll kill you”, which caused Fangfang’s psychological imbalance.
The Family Education Promotion Law encourages social workers and volunteers to participate in family education guidance services. The reporter noticed that it was with the active company and assistance of social workers that Fangfang’s various abilities were improved. In addition, the youth league committee and judicial organs helped her connect with the school, and her growth was obvious to all.
In order to cultivate people by virtue and implement the Family Education Promotion Law, it is necessary to strengthen the professional guidance of family education work, play the role of expert guidance, and promote the improvement of the family, school and social coordination mechanism, so as to better build a new model of family-school-community collaborative education.
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