Report with alternating factual images and interviews. In Colmar, parental courses have been set up to respond to the distress of 72 couples of parents overwhelmed by the behavior of their children. Catherine HERSHER, National Education Officer, a gendarmerie warrant officer explains the course and content.
In Pontanezen, an underprivileged district of Brest, mothers and children meet on Wednesdays at "La petite maison", a reception place animated by social workers, to share peaceful moments. Marie-Laure, a mother who raises her son alone and is unemployed, finds support in these moments of sharing. Interviewed in her apartment, she testifies to her difficulties: "It is difficult to be close to her children when there is no job...but it is at this time that we must fight in the neighborhoods...it is sure that we must have courage...". During a meeting, mothers in the Pontanezen neighbourhood express their desire to inform their children about violence that exists outside: "We try to start very early, to avoid that the child arrived at 12, 13 years old, confronted with certain situations, can not react..." says a mother. Two others add: "The children are released younger and younger and have to assume themselves...when they make mistakes, it is a cry for help...". "In the upbringing of the child, the hardest thing is to say No".
In a village in Finistère, the association Parentel offers parents to mobilize against juvenile delinquency: During a meeting led by psychologist Daniel COUM, parents express their difficulties in communicating with their children. The psychologist reminds them of their role and responsibilities as parents.
Invited to the debate whose title is "Parents: what have we done with our children?" , Abdelkrim KORDJANI, a young man of Algerian origin, explains at first that his parents have always been interested in his schooling although they do not know how to read French: "We must avoid making the amalgam between illiteracy and resignation of parents," he says. But it recognizes that social or family factors (unemployment, divorce) can lead parents to a "resignation" in the education of their children.
In the sensitive district of Minguettes in Lyon, Evelyne ARNOUX raises alone her son whose father is Algerian. During a clash with the police in the city, his 16-year-old son is said to have "slipped" after being called "bugger" by a policeman. "When they hear things like that... I felt like my son was broken somewhere," says Evelyne. She herself lives the situation with anxiety and feels helpless. We witness a dialogue between the son and his mother who tries to understand what he feels and who expresses his concern to know him in the street.
In the sensitive district of Minguettes in Lyon, the association "Eveil Djongomas" helps parents of immigrant children to face the difficulties they encounter. We attend a meeting where a man from African immigration explains that for some communities "the education of a child is the business of society" and that everyone is entitled to intervene with a child who acts badly. Aïssatou KOUROUMA, president of the association, adds "There are economic difficulties that are added to life and that can make education difficult". The report ends with the testimony of Evelyne ARNOUX, filmed on her balcony in the city of Minguettes. This mother who raises her son alone and has difficulty earning a living, expresses her dismay in front of a teenager who does not understand that he can not "consume" as he would like. She says, "I’ve never been able to bring everything I wanted to bring to my children"
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