Seoul City Launches Child Abuse Prevention in Daycare Centers with 'Parent-Child Relationship Test'

Free Online 'Parent-Child Relationship Test' for 5,000 Parents of 3-Year-Old Children
Establishing Child Abuse Prevention by Understanding Each Child's Temperament and Developmental Characteristics

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government is taking steps to prevent child abuse in daycare centers by first understanding each child's temperament and developmental characteristics and then providing childcare services tailored to these needs.

Accordingly, Seoul announced on the 26th that it will conduct a pilot project of the 'Parent-Child Relationship Test' from August to October targeting 5,000 parents of 3-year-old children enrolled in daycare centers.

The Parent-Child Relationship Test (PRT) measures the temperament, developmental characteristics, and stress index of young children, as well as parenting styles, parenting efficacy, and educational environment support of parents, analyzing the degree of interaction between parent and child.

By understanding a child's temperament through the test, childcare teachers can provide appropriate childcare guidance when interacting with the children. Parents themselves can also review their parenting behaviors and receive parenting solutions such as proper parenting methods and educational behavioral guidance, fostering a positive parent-child relationship.

This pilot project is based on Mayor Oh Se-hoon's childcare philosophy of "creating a childcare environment that parents can trust and entrust," aiming to establish conditions where childcare teachers can focus on childcare based on trust between parents and daycare centers.

The pilot project will target 5,000 participants, 200 from each of the 25 autonomous districts, and will be conducted by the entrusted organization 'Bumo Gonggam' (Parent Empathy), which will provide guidance on the procedure, conduct the test, deliver test results, offer solutions to parents and teachers, and conduct satisfaction surveys.

Seoul plans to expand the project based on the results of the satisfaction survey. Kim Seon-soon, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Women and Family Policy Office, said, "Strengthening the bond between childcare teachers and children is crucial to preventing child abuse in daycare centers. Uniform childcare services for children with different characteristics may lead to child abuse concerns. Based on understanding each child's temperament and developmental characteristics through the Parent-Child Relationship Test, we will create a childcare environment where children, parents, and teachers are all happy."

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