Survey finds that Hungarian parents think that it is acceptable to slap their kid
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UNICEF Hungary started a campaign against child abuse, and the relevant posters already appeared in several parts of the country. They aim to raise public attention to the fact that it is a joint responsibility of society to protect kids. Sexual, physical, and psychological abuse affects 1 billion children in the world and, shockingly, 40 thousand of them are killed.
Public, a Hungarian think-tank, did a representative survey asking 1,003 Hungarian parents on the issue. The results show that 83 pc of them disagreed with raising children by threatening them with corporal punishment. Meanwhile, 14 pc of them think that it is not problematic.
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The same proportion of parents agrees that children have not only rights but also obligations. 66 pc of them agree that parents have the right to check the phones of their children and read their messages. The survey shows that
 the higher a parent is qualified, the less they agree with corporal punishment.Â
Interestingly, 28 pc of those having a degree think that one or two slaps are acceptable. This proportion, however, increases to 42 pc in the case of skilled workers. Experts asked what parents thought about abuse. 30 pc put verbal abuse into that category, 14 pc said that taking their phone is also abuse, while 20 pc agreed that grounding is also one of its types. Moreover, 74 and 63 pc of the parents think that deprivation of love and obligation of silence are the worst kinds of abuse.
If in the population make-up of Hungary, that 40% are of the Catholic Religion, and Pope Francis, sees no real damage to the development of children, getting a little disciplined “tap” on their bottoms, this is good enough to find my support.