China News Service, September 21. According to the European Times, most Spanish parents sent their children back to school when school started in September.
What are the pros and cons of sending children back to school?
Why does the Spanish government insist on opening school?
"Europe Times" interviewed lawyer Ji Yihong, director of Spanish Chinese law firm.
He introduced the pros and cons of starting school under the epidemic, and combined with the problems that are prone to occur in the education of minors, reminding Chinese in West China to pay attention to domestic violence.
Why does Spain insist on opening school?
Spain ushered in the school season.
Even with an increase of over 10,000, Spain has returned to school.
According to the news, 4,000 children in Catalonia did not go to school, and thousands of children in Madrid did not go to school.
But most people still go to school.
In the first week of school, more than 200 schools have been infected.
Attorney Ji said that the epidemic is so severe that many Chinese in West China feel that school should not start.
Attorney Ji said that in fact, from the perspective of state administrators, the start of school is a decision made after weighing it repeatedly.
First of all, due to the epidemic, children in Spain have not gone to school for six months.
The current epidemic in Spain is not optimistic.
According to the current situation, the epidemic cannot be controlled within six months or one year.
Under such circumstances, the government will consider that the child may not be able to go to school for two years.
If the child does not go to school, the parents cannot go to work.
Secondly, it takes into account the child's mental health.
Children have classmates and friends.
If I can't see friends for a year or a half, I'll be mentally unhealthy.
Most Chinese in West China consider their physical health and safety first.
These are two different ways of looking at the problem.
Spain's insistence on opening school is mainly based on the decision made after considering the child's mental health.
If the Chinese wrote to the school that they would not go because the school’s protection measures were not well done, they would not be exempted from legal responsibility.
Moreover, after writing to the teacher, if the procuratorate is to punish a group of parents, then the letter is evidence.
Therefore, Lawyer Ji suggested that if you can get a certificate from the hospital to prove that your child is really in poor health, it doesn't matter if you don't go to class.
But the Spaniards still advocate sending their children to school.
After all, it's not the way to leave home at a young age.
If the child is infected and returns home, the state will introduce the "Me Cuida" plan, which allows working class to adjust working hours to take care of the child.
Lawyer Ji said that this may be a trend in the post-epidemic era.
What we can do now is to take protective measures and try our best to adapt to the environment.
Minors are protected by law
After school starts, the most likely problem is domestic violence.
Many Chinese in West China were sued by the school accidentally.
Attorney Ji hereby reminds Chinese parents that minors are protected by law in Spain.
In 1989 the United Nations General Assembly passed the "Convention on the Rights of the Child", and in 1996 Spain passed the "Provisions on the Protection of the Legal Rights and Interests of Minors". Therefore, minors in Spain are mainly protected by these two laws.
Spanish schools also attach great importance to protecting the rights of minors.
Every teacher in every school has a manual on how to detect and prevent minor abuse.
For example, this handbook of the Autonomous Community of Madrid has 50 pages and carefully classifies the abuse of minors.
Abuse includes mental abuse and physical abuse.
It is more common for children to be domestically abused, which is a physical abuse.
Emotional abuse refers to threatening a child to abandon him or insulting him.
If the school teacher finds that the child has been abused, he will immediately report to the head teacher, and the head teacher will report to the principal.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, 90% of minors who are abused are reported by the school after being discovered.
Only 10% are reported by hospitals and neighbors.
The situation of most families who abuse children is relatively abnormal.
For example, the parents take drugs, or the family environment is very poor.
In abnormal families, children are more likely to be abused.
According to Lawyer Ji's experience, this kind of situation rarely happened in Chinese families in the past, but it also happens now.
It happens more frequently in Chinese families because the parents have bad tempers and punish their children physically if they don't agree.
If the parents take too hard, they will be accused by the school.
After being accused, the Chinese parents will still insist that they have made no mistakes.
The Chinese believe that as parents, they need to discipline their children.
But the country has also made legislation to protect minors.
How to define discipline and domestic violence?
Attorney Ji believes that this is difficult to define.
This is not only a legal issue, but also depends on the standards of each school.
Attorney Ji reminded parents not to punish children physically, especially not to hurt them with sticks.
After the child is beaten, there will be some abnormal behaviors that attract the teacher's attention.
For example, dare not go home, or cry to the teacher.
Therefore, Chinese parents thought that they were just disciplining their children, but they did not know that they would be sued in court.
How to master the degree of discipline and corporal punishment is worthy of attention.
Juvenile crime is on the rise
On the other hand, in addition to domestic violence, there are also reverse domestic violence, that is, minor abuse of parents and family members is also on the rise.
The number of minors abusing their parents and elders in Spain is increasing year by year.
This is a problem that has appeared since 2005.
Now, fifteen years have passed, the abuse of parents by minors is getting worse.
Last year, there were 5,055 cases of minor violence against family members.
The crime targets include violence to parents, elders in the family, brothers and sisters, etc.
The number of juvenile crimes has been on the rise.
A total of 83 minors were sentenced in Spain last year, which is the highest number in a decade.
Attorney Ji believes that violence among minors in Spain is increasing.
This happens not only in the family, but also in the school.
Analyzing the reasons, the network is a major factor.
Secondly, violent images are more likely to appear in video games.
This exposes minors to violence earlier.
On the other hand, Spanish law protects minors more.
Therefore, a misconception given to minors is that violence does not cause any problems.
If you lose your temper or smash furniture at home, parents will not sue him.
Therefore, this makes minors treat violence in an indifferent attitude.
Minor cases in Spain are handled exclusively by the juvenile court.
If the circumstance is not very serious, it is usually an education and the case is settled hastily.
Unless there is a particularly serious case, such as violent robbery and severe injuries, minors will be locked up in closed correctional centers.
Attorney Ji said that he also found a lot of minor cases in recent years.
Once in the juvenile court, there were six or seven cases in the morning. It can be seen that juvenile crime is on the rise.
However, in general, minor violence in the family usually accounts for only 1/10 of domestic violence cases.
The vast majority of domestic violence cases involving Chinese people, except for domestic violence between husband and wife, are mainly parental violence against children.
Of course, parents must also lead by example.
In addition, sexual crimes are also increasing.
The existence of these phenomena is very worrying.
(Tang Yiyi)