SURVEY
SHOWS
RUSSIANS' ATTITUDE TO IDEA OF DEPRIVING SECTARIANS OF PARENTAL
RIGHTS
More
than
three-quarters of Russians speak in favor of removing parental
rights of those
parents who involve their children in sects and illegal
organizations, a survey
of the All-Russian Center for Study of Public Opinion showed.
Previously
the
Russian Supreme Court confirmed the recommendation to deny the
parental rights
of people who involve children in sects, extremist
organizations, or terrorist
organizations.
"Russians
think
that parents who involve the children in sects and illegal
organizations
deserve harsh punishment: 79% of our fellow citizens support the
suggestion for
depriving them of parental rights," materials of the survey,
which is in
the possession of RIA Novosti, say.
Such
a measure
is opposed by 16% of respondents; most often this point of view
is supported by
the argument that it is better for children to be with their
parents than to be
in a children's home, that parents know better the needs of a
child, that each
case is individual, and that it is better to conduct explanatory
work with
parents.
Sociologists
came
to the conclusion that among Russians there now is no single
opinion about
the strengthening of governmental measures for protection of
children: while
45% say that thereby the interests of a child will be met, 43%
are concerned
that this will lead to unnecessary interference by the state in
family
relations.
At
the same
time, more than half (56%) of respondents now say that it is
necessary to adopt
additional measures for protecting the rights of minors in
Russia; in 2013 such
an opinion was held by more than a third (36%) of Russians.
However,
a
majority of survey participants could not state that this is
what should be
done (70% found it difficult to say). Among suggestions made by
respondents,
what was heard most often was a suggestion to restrict
children's access to
computer games on the Internet (8%), or to increase control for
needy families
(5%).
The
general
director of the Foundation of the All-Russian Center for the
Study of Public
Opinion, Konstantin Abramov, kandidat of psychological sciences,
noted that in
recent years anxiety with regard to the security of the younger
generation has
been growing in society.
"The
emergence
of new technologies and use by children of new means of
communication
is the new reality, which is viewed by older generations with
concern. And
involvement of children by their parents in nontraditional
religious or public
organizations that are prohibited by law is a red line for
parents who, if they
cross it, may (in the opinion of a majority of citizens) be
deprived of
parental rights," the expert explained.
The nationwide survey by the Sputnik All-Russian Center for Study of Public Opinion was conducted from 18 to 26 November 2017, among 1,200 respondents older than 18 years. The method of the survey was telephone interview and the margin of error is less than 3.5%. (tr. by PDS, posted 6 December 2017)
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