Childrearing for Peace: A search for solutions

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Summary: Written by Judith Ennew, from the Centre for Family Research and Dominique Pierre Plateau from Save the Children Sweden Southeast Asia and Pacific is a regional submission to the UN Study on Violence Against Children. The authors suggest that the solution to violence against children in families lies not solely in preventing aggression but rather in promoting and practicing nonviolence.

The argument that aggression is a fundamental human trait is challenged, along with the proposition that violent conflict resolution as well as violent actions in pursuit of personal or group goals (such as war) are inevitable. This is explored through examining the ethnographic record on childrearing
of 'peaceful peoples' of East Asia and the Pacific, which indicate that the human energies sometimes called 'aggression' can be used to develop self-control and respect for others, rather than being devoted to controlling other people for selfish purposes. Owner: Judith Ennew and Dominique Pierre Plateau

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Save the Children Sweden - South East Asia Pacific Regional Office
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http://www.knowingchildren.org
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