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Nowadays, parents are making too many excuses for their children. They need to take greater ownership of the community in schools, believes Minister of Children and Education Mattias Tesfaye.

Minister of Children and Education: Parents need to take more responsibility

Mattias Tesfaye (S) especially feels there is a need to challenge the very individual-focused upbringing, where there’s a lot of talk about rights but not enough about obligations Foto: Cecilie Rolvung
Mattias Tesfaye (S) especially feels there is a need to challenge the very individual-focused upbringing, where there’s a lot of talk about rights but not enough about obligations Foto: Cecilie Rolvung
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»Shameful«, »embarrassing«, and »provocative«.

Strong feelings and fierce criticism were sparked when the Minister for Children and Education, Mattias Tesfaye (Socialdemokratiet, S), recently described some Danish schoolchildren as »PDO«, pissedårligt opdragede (very poorly raised), and expressed the desire to give teachers greater authority to intervene physically if necessary.

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