A report suggests improvements to allow children placed to be "children like any other"

A report on the care of children placed was submitted this Saturday to the government.It has several avenues to improve the daily lives of these children.They could be integrated into the bill on the child protection examined from mid-December in the Senate.

After six months of investigation, a report was submitted this Saturday to the Secretary of State for Childhood, Adrien Taquet, about the care of children placed.Several avenues for improvement are there and Adrien Taquet does not exclude integrating some into the bill on child protection which arrives in the Senate in mid-December, """"""""by government amendment"""""""", he saidOn France Inter.

The author of this report is Gautier Arnaud-Melchiorre, a 26-year-old student, himself a former child placed.For six months, he traveled France, went to homes and foster families, questioned hundreds of young people to find out their opinion on their welcome.It emerges from these interviews that most of the minors entrusted to childhood social assistance (ASE) """"""""ask to be associated with the decisions that concern them"""""""", or """"""""their opinion is little taken into account,"""""""" said Gautier Arnaud-Melchiorre.""""""""In site emergencies, there is the notion of respecting children's desires or their orientation choices for example in terms of education,"""""""" he noted.

Improve the daily life of children placed

The report, submitted on the occasion of International Day of Children's Rights, also stresses that too many minors undergo """"""""major dysfunctions"""""""": sexual assaults on the part of other minors, traumatic ruptures in their journeys, prostitution.He also recommends improving the training of professionals so that they can better talk about sexuality with adolescents, and to allow them to live their sex life other than in """"""""squats"""""""".

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Several children have also said they felt rejected by their foster family, who refuses to take them on vacation, borders them in their room in the evening, humiliates them or entrusts them with an exaggerated amount of household chores.

The challenge is also to improve these """"""""little things that may seem very harmless but which are actually fundamental for these children"""""""", notes Adrien Taquet.Some have entrusted Gautier Arnaud-Melchiorre the desire to have better quality meals.""""""""In some institutions, the production of meals is outsourced, which means that the child's life has completely institutionalized: when he eats, he opens a tray.Except that in real life, we do not open a tray.""""""""

The author of the report also notes the question of the architecture of buildings where young people are housed. """"""""Des enfants m'ont expliqué à quel point ils se sentent mieux dans un établissement où les chambres sont en haut, un petit établissement dans lequel il y a un salon et une cuisine en bas. Cette forme d'architecture leur fait penser à une maison de famille et cela a un impact sur la qualité de leur bien-être"""""""", note-il. Pour lui, """"""""ce sont les lieux d'accueil qui doivent s'adapter aux enfants"""""""" et non l'inverse.

Le rapport est accompagné d'une """"""""charte des droits des enfants protégés"""""""" dont le premier point proclame : """"""""J'ai le droit d'être un enfant ou un adolescent comme un autre."""""""" """"""""On doit aux enfants placés qu'ils soient des enfants comme les autres"""""""", souligne effectivement Adrien Taquet.

Par ailleurs, au-delà de loi, il faut """"""""un changement de regard et un changement de posture"""""""", note le secrétaire d'État, notamment à l’école. Et pour éviter un sentiment récurrent de """"""""stigmatisation"""""""", voire de """"""""honte"""""""", les enfants placés doivent bénéficier de plus d'argent de poche pour s'acheter des vêtements à leur goût ou aller chez le coiffeur, et ne doivent plus être amenés à l'école dans des camionnettes aux couleurs de leur foyer social.

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Finally, the challenge is to support the exit from the ASE. """"""""Ils sont trop peu nombreux à faire des études supérieures en sortant de l’Aide sociale à l’enfance, que 6%"""""""", indique Adrien Taquet. """"""""Un SDF né en France sur quatre est passé par l’aide sociale à l’enfance"""""""", précise-t-il également. """"""""L’objectif qui est le nôtre est qu’il ne doit pas y avoir un seul gamin qui sorte de l’aide sociale à l’enfance sans solution.""""""""

Several devices have been put in place or will be, he underlines. """"""""Dans le projet de loi, il est prévu que parce que vous êtes de l’Aide sociale à l’enfance, vous avez un accès automatique à la garantie jeune, un accompagnement intensif pour l’insertion professionnelle et un pécule de 600 euros par mois.And for those in difficulty, the extension of the young major contract.""""""""