Article
French
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Abstract
Putting an emphasis on the responsibility of families, let alone parents, is a theme that has gained momentum over the past few years in public debate. Family policy, particularly when it comes to policies promoting and supporting parenting skills, can therefore take two aspects: either it provides support to parents in understanding or even developing their parental responsibilities; or it gives a role to, monitors and sometimes even sanctions parents who are suspected of shirking their responsibilities. Family policy, going from one aspect to the other, is progressively undergoing a change in meaning. As of late, it seems to focus more on forcing parents, through coercive measures, to carry out their role more seriously. Emphasizing the responsibility of parents therefore becomes an exogenous phenomenon that aims to make parents aware of their responsibilities through officially-sanctioned admonishment, reminder – or condemnation.