Viktor Orbán Is Wrong Child Protection Is Not About Pedophilia and Gender Interview with Mária Herczog

The prime minister interprets child protection incorrectly and narrowly, which is not about pedophilia and gender, but about everyone having a fair chance at a joyful childhood, the sociologist told our newspaper According to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's annual evaluation speech, Hungary should have the strictest child protection system in Europe.

Do you agree with the Prime Minister? In Hungary, the law on the protection of children and guardianship administration has been in place since 1997 If the government of the day provided the money and conditions necessary for its compliance, it would work well.

The topic came to the fore because of the gay teaching assistant who had sexual relations with his student and was fired for his scandalous videos, and we also dealt with the suspicion of child molestation in the Újpest home several times What would have been the real child protection in these cases? In the Újpest case, no professional investigation has yet taken place, neither the children nor the professionals working there have been interviewed, there are no regulations for the safety of children, among many other things.

This can be said to be a general problem, so lessons cannot be learned and there is no way forward The pedagogic assistant was fired, but there is no mention of what kind of help the affected children, parents, and teachers will receive to process what happened, or how the prevention and treatment of such cases will be regulated.

There are not enough psychologists, psychiatrists, and specially trained social workers who can recognize and treat abuse, and there is hardly any therapy or rehabilitation of children For professional discussions, research, it would be necessary to take international practice and experience into account for proper regulation and operation.

I would like to agree with the Prime Minister to enforce the Child Protection Act But only in the event that the emphasis would be on providing every child born with a fair chance for a joyful childhood, high-quality, accessible health care, education, and social assistance.

Including the poorest, disadvantaged children and their families, those living in small settlements, in isolation, and those struggling with a variety of problems This requires prevention, early assistance, services provided by respected, trained professionals, and political and community support.

The nursery service, on the other hand, is developing At least half a year ago, the President of the Republic talked about that today there are crèches in almost a thousand settlements, they are able to provide crèche services in three times as many settlements as ten years ago.

Do you think everything is fine? The number of nursery places in Hungary is among the weakest at EU level, at only 16 5 percent.

The EU's 50 percent aspirations apply not only to places, but also to high standards and the continuous training of employees One of the goals of day care for children under the age of three is to enable mothers to go to work if they want to, thereby reducing the risk of poverty.

The other is to prevent developmental lags and risks due to disadvantages High-quality nursery and kindergarten care would be needed everywhere.

This means that there should be few children per carer, and that there should be enough space and attention Mini nurseries in small settlements did not result in this, but instead provide extremely expensive private care, which further increases isolation and lack of opportunity.

In addition, there should be a variety of services that help children raised at home and their parents The Biztos Kezdet houses only focus on the poorest, even though the objective was early integration in every sense, to eliminate segregation and exclusion.

There are counties where there is not a single child psychiatrist, but psychologists, developmental pedagogues, special education teachers, and speech therapists are only available in the index, as well as many custodians, social workers, and kindergarten teachers Working conditions and respect deteriorate, which is understandable, but the damage caused by this is catastrophic.

Many parents cannot take their children to a specialist or for development, even if they had one, there is no capacity and everything is far away and expensive Experts repeatedly warn that those who are born poor in Hungary will remain poor.

Do you see any chance of that changing? Disadvantages accumulate, in most cases not only the family is poor, but also the settlement and institutions, and even most of the service providers also struggle with financial problems The more disadvantaged a family lives in a settlement, the more serious the situation.

Working-class poverty is increasing all over Europe, including in our country, even if both parents work, in the best case, the incomes do not cover a decent living The helpers are overloaded, according to the paperwork, one nurse has to care for 250 children.

This is a lot even in the elite districts of the capital, if you take your duties seriously, even where you have to visit six villages and every house has at least one vulnerable child In addition to the high number of cases for social workers, a serious problem is that there are no services, so they would have to solve the problems themselves, for which they have neither the means nor the preparation.

The situation of teachers and the consequences caused by the lack of support professionals in schools have been known for decades, but have also not been dealt with Since 2013, children from the age of 12 can be punished for committing certain serious crimes.

According to an article in our newspaper, only a small number of children are affected Can this measure have a positive effect? Punishment is justified at any age if it is appropriate for the children to become healthy adults later on.

This would require the above The well-known methods of criminal psychology and pedagogy help, they have known and applied this in a pioneering way in Hungary for a hundred years.

Effective punishment is accepted in a very narrow circle in our country, the legal regulation is good, but its application is insufficient Without high-quality patronage, social work, education, and rehabilitation, there is no chance of meaningful change.

Here, too, there should be research and investigations into whether the introduction of the measure was effective, whether the conditions of the institutions serving the affected children and young people have improved, why there are no juvenile courts, specially trained judges, prosecutors, and social workers The public mood is regrettably judgmental, the acceptance and even support of violence is increasing in all areas.

Verbal, everyday violence and the politics of force certainly do not help prevent or reduce crime, and slowly make everyday life unbearable The government has a significant responsibility in this, non-violence, conflict management and cooperation should be strengthened, not confrontation, fighting, defeating the weaker.

To what extent do the mentioned problems play a role in the fact that the number of births in this country is decreasing despite family policy measures? Many children are born where there are long-term, predictable social policy measures Where community and family responsibilities are appropriately shared.

The domestic regulations are not like this, the discounts help families with a higher status, and purposefully, they do not support the poor and those living in a difficult life situation, suggesting that children should only be born where there are enough financial resources Often changing and unfavorable regulation creates uncertainty.

There is also the compulsion to buy apartments and houses, which puts families in debt for decades, while the opposition to rented property is very strong In the case of foster parents or adoptive parents, if they do not own real estate, they live as tenants.

This is unthinkable abroad There are few foster parents, and children's homes also operate in deteriorating conditions.

What should be done? To provide appropriate help for both children and parents The goal is for as many of them as possible to return home as soon as possible, not to grow up in an institution or with a foster parent.

The children's home is an expensive and hardly effective form of care, prevention and assistance should be sought here as well To provide adequate quality care and conditions everywhere for the children and the workers there.

Is there anything that works well in the domestic child protection system today? There isn't It's all bleeding from a thousand wounds.

There are few foster parents, and children's homes also operate in deteriorating conditions What should be done? To provide appropriate help for both children and parents.

The goal is for as many of them as possible to return home as soon as possible, not to grow up in an institution or with a foster parent The children's home is an expensive and hardly effective form of care, prevention and assistance should be sought here as well.

To provide adequate quality care and conditions everywhere for the children and the workers there Is there anything that works well in the domestic child protection system today? There isn't.

It's all bleeding from a thousand wounds There are few foster parents, and children's homes also operate in deteriorating conditions.

What should be done? To provide appropriate help for both children and parents The goal is for as many of them as possible to return home as soon as possible, not to grow up in an institution or with a foster parent.

The children's home is an expensive and hardly effective form of care, prevention and assistance should be sought here as well To provide adequate quality care and conditions everywhere for the children and the workers there.

Is there anything that works well in the domestic child protection system today? There isn't It's all bleeding from a thousand wounds.

The children's home is an expensive and hardly effective form of care, prevention and assistance should be sought here as well To provide adequate quality care and conditions everywhere for the children and the workers there.

Is there anything that works well in the domestic child protection system today? There isn't It's all bleeding from a thousand wounds.

The children's home is an expensive and hardly effective form of care, prevention and assistance should be sought here as well To provide adequate quality care and conditions everywhere for the children and the workers there.

Is there anything that works well in the domestic child protection system today? There isn't It's all bleeding from a thousand wounds.

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