A “visiting duty” for fathers in single-parent families? Emmanuel Macron opens the debate

POLICY – Will it one day be obligatory to visit and accompany children until adulthood when both parents are separated? This debate is opened by Head of State Emmanuel Macron this Tuesday, May 7 in a video broadcast by the magazine She. The President of the Republic mentions single-parent families, largely the responsibility of women, explaining that “ it is a duty to be a parent, and that it is a duty that does not end at the time of divorce or separation “.

“I want us to be able to open this debate, which is basically both a debate on parenthood and a debate on equality between women and men, which is that of establishing a visiting duty, a duty support until adulthood, children »says the president in the short video published on social networks and which you can see below.

“When there is a father, he must exercise all his duties and the mother, when she is in this situation, can demand regular visits”, continues the head of state. And take for example the need for fathers to participate in parent-teacher meetings and to be ” stakeholder “ of the child’s education.

Being a parentst a duty that does not end at the time of divorce or separation”, therefore insists the Head of State, recalling that 85% of the 1.7 million single-parent families are cared for by women. But parents must “exercise their responsibilities” has ” two “he emphasizes.

Emmanuel Macron indeed considers that“including for the child, it’s better. Because a child who never sees his father is a child who feels abandoned” And “whose emotional and educational development is not the same”.

Also see on HuffPost: