Local News

The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a questionnaire survey of mothers of child-rearing age in Fukuoka City to gauge their opinions about child abuse, and received answers from 591. In response to a question about a series of deaths that resulted from child abuse, nearly 30% answered, “There might have been circumstances by which we should feel sympathy for the parents”, and “It is possible that I could be an abuser myself”. About 80% of the respondents were from a household where both parents work, and about 10% were single parents.