{"id":34481,"date":"2026-07-22T05:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=34481"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:48:19","slug":"5-countries-with-some-of-the-worlds-strictest-child-protection-laws-and-why-they-stand-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=34481","title":{"rendered":"5 countries with some of the world&#8217;s strictest child protection laws and why they stand out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-132550802,imgsize-803487.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<p>In 1979, Sweden made history by becoming the first country in the world to ban all forms of corporal punishment of children, including inside the home. At a time when spanking was widely accepted in many societies, Sweden chose a different path.<\/p>\n<p>The law was never intended to criminalise ordinary parents. Instead, it sought to change attitudes by making one message clear: children deserve the same protection from violence as adults.<\/p>\n<p>The government backed the legislation with nationwide awareness campaigns, parenting education and family support services, encouraging positive discipline instead of physical punishment.<\/p>\n<p>Today, more than 60 countries have adopted similar bans, and Sweden is widely regarded as the nation that changed the global conversation around children&#8217;s rights. Its child welfare system also allows authorities to intervene when a child&#8217;s safety or well-being is seriously at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/parenting\/moments\/5-countries-with-some-of-the-worlds-strictest-child-protection-laws-and-why-they-stand-out\/photostory\/132550802.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1979, Sweden made history by becoming the first country in the world to ban all forms of corporal punishment of children, including inside the home. At a time when spanking was widely accepted in many societies, Sweden chose a different path. The law was never intended to criminalise ordinary parents. Instead, it sought to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}