中国家长体罚未成年子女因素及消除体罚路径分析

Factors Leading to Corporal Punishment of Underage Children in China and the Analysis of Possible Solutions to Eliminate this behaviour

随着全球儿童权益保护意识的日益提高,虐待儿童引起了更多的关注。中国和澳大利亚在二十世纪九十年代就签署及实行了《联合国儿童权利公约》,虽然"合理"体罚儿童现象在澳大利亚依然存在,但是中国家长体罚儿童的普遍性远远高于澳大利亚。从个人、家庭、社区、文化及政策角度探讨中国家长体罚未成年子女普遍率居高的原因,并借鉴澳大利亚消除家长体罚未成年子女的经验,提出消除中国家长体罚未成年子女的几种可能途径。

With the increasingly global recognition of the interests of children, child abuse has attracted considerable attention. In 1990s, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) came into force in both China and Australia. However,“reasonable” corporal punishment still exists in Australia, and the much higher prevalence of physical punishment can be seen in China than that in Australia. This article will discuss factors that lead to the high prevalence of corporal punishment in China at individual, family, community, cultural and policy level respectively. The possible ways to eliminate physical punishment of children in China will also be given.