Create a “public early childhood service” for families? The idea appears in the program of candidates for the presidential election of all stripes: Emmanuel Macron, Valérie Pécresse, Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot or even Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Although not yet detailed at this stage, the project would consist of guaranteeing each family the possibility of obtaining childcare […]
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The childhood that always comes back to us, for better or for worse
“The oranges I eat today have retained that Christmas taste” Marie-Thé, retired, 66 years old “When I babysit some of my seven grandchildren, I immerse myself in my childhood. I am happy to tell them how I lived as a child, and they love it, they want more. Recently, when we came home from school, […]
Childhood nostalgia, a source of creativity and wonder
Irremediably, the passing days take us away from childhood. And yet, this reconstructed past, filtered by the unconscious, sometimes magnified by memory, is never far away. A Proust madeleine – a word, a place, a photo, a scent, a familiar situation – is enough to summon it and with it, often, a hint of nostalgia. […]
“I kept a deep anguish”: when the punishments of childhood leave traces
► “This black room scared me very much” Genevieve, 71 years old “When I was little, my parents locked me in a dark room as a punishment. It was a small storage room in our apartment, without a window, which scared me very much. When I was angry, I was locked in for maybe 5 […]
Child protection: measures to remove violence from homes
What Happens Behind the Doors of Child Welfare Homes? Rape between children, beatings by overwhelmed educators … Several scandals have erupted in recent years, discrediting these social houses of a social nature (Mecs). Also, during the examination in first reading of the bill “protection of children”, Thursday July 8, the deputies voted several measures to […]
They kept their childhood friends
► “Memories in common” Maud, 33, architect “When I was little, I lived in a dead end where children used to play together. It was there that my friendship was forged with a neighbor who was two years older than me. We have always been close and when I moved to Brittany with my parents, […]