In Sweden, educational violence is (almost) eradicated. The new report on violence against children has just been published and reveals that Swedish parents almost never resort to physical and psychological punishment. Far from burnout, however, these parents are for the most part very fit and comfortable in their trainers.
The inhabitants of this Scandinavian country are champions of positive parenting and their excellent standard of living, as well as the equal distribution of parenting tasks, probably plays an important role in this family serenity.
Bullying and spanking? In Sweden, it’s commonplace
The latest Swedish child abuse report has just been released – only in Swedish – and reveals particularly low rates of child abuse. Of the 935 parents interviewed, just under 1% of parents resorted to slapping and spanking in 2022. Also, only 12.9% of parents admit to pushing or pulling their child by the arm over the last year, and in a “very exceptional” way for 8.9% of them.
Emotional abuse also has no place in Swedish education. Also in the last 12 months, 24% parents would have harsh words for their own children, even if for 16.5% of them, it would only happen once or twice. Same remark at the level of angry shouts and curses, they concern equally 33% of the people interviewed, but remain very occasional (less than 3 times a year) a 21.9% between them.
As a reminder, in Franceaccording to a VEO observatory published last October, 23% of parents continue to spank and we are still 55% shout very loudlyeven to treat them as idiots or assimilated 19% of cases.
Good news: Swedish parents are fine
Defender of children’s manners, don’t worry! This report identifies acts where violence is commonly accepted and does not question the need to establish frameworks or boundaries. Despite their attentive parenting, Swedish parents do not seem to face any more difficulties than their European peers. In this country where 86.7% of parents say they share parenting duties equally, 98.5% of them feel comfortable in their parenting role. Even if, as everywhere, half sometimes find it difficult to define limits and impose certain rules.
According to the WHO-5 index, which is based on 5 criteria to determine the overall standard of living of individuals, 77.8% of parents have a good or very good level of well-being. For 84.7% of them the state of health is also good or very good.
The report finds a clear link between the socio-economic situation of families and the rate of domestic violence. Is it because the parents are fine that they no longer abuse their children or vice versa?
Between equity and well-being, parents could visibly have the resources necessary to educate their children without violence and without suffering it themselves.
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Mary Crossley is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. She is a seasoned journalist who is dedicated to delivering the latest news to her readers. With a keen sense of what’s important, Mary covers a wide range of topics, from politics to lifestyle and everything in between.
