Japan bans the corporal punishment of children (26)

11 March, 2020

Hi everyone and thanks for your inspiring thoughts.

I am deeply concerned regarding all violence expressions towards kids that sometimes arises from parents but also from adults at schools and health care professionals

Although not always physical there are many words that generate enormous amount of emotional pain.

Many times at the consultation I need to reverse certain modes of communication that are clearly very violent. There are sometimes violent paths of communication inside families that are naturalized and many times supported by cultural values and misconceptions.

Best regards and thanks in advance,

Irene Melamed

CHIFA Profile: Irene Melamed is a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist. Master in Bioethics and Law, University of Barcelona. Member of the Southern Cone Initiative on Child's rights. Professor of Bioethics. Vice-president of the Society for Comprehensive Adolescent Health, SASIA, Argentina 2015-2018. She is a CHIFA Country Representative for Argentina http://www.hifa.org/support/members/irene-0

email: dramelamedATgmail.com