Beijing, 20 Jan (China Youth Network) -- Recently, in Neijiang, Sichuan Province, two children pulled grass and played with fire in a small area, burning down a owner's vehicle. Ms. Yang, an insider, said that two children pulled grass next to the car to burn, initially the fire did not burn, and then took the grass to the middle of the two cars to burn, and ran away after the fire became larger and smoked, Ms. Yang called the fire alarm. The screen showed the burned white vehicle badly damaged and the front of the vehicle charred. The local public security bureau said that the economic dispute involved the two children was negotiated by the guardians of the two children and the owner of the car.
After the incident was reported by the media, it attracted the attention of the majority of parents. Safety issues are no small matter, and many parents commented that fortunately there were no casualties, pinching a sweat for the behavior of the two "bear children". The Spring Festival is approaching, primary and secondary school students across the country have successively taken winter vacations, during the holidays, how can parents strengthen children's safety education? And how to discipline the "bear child"? China Youth Network reporter interviewed some of the children's parents and prosecutors.
"2 children in the neighborhood playing with fire to destroy the neighbor's car" news video. Screenshots of the network
Parents: Strengthen children's fire safety knowledge publicity and education, and increase safety awareness
When Ms. Liu, who works in Jinan, Shandong Province, saw the video, she was shocked and at the same time very afraid. One is to worry about the personal safety of children, and the other is to worry about the weak awareness of fire safety of children, "This is not only a matter of property safety, I sincerely hope that parents will pay great attention to it and avoid causing personal and property safety hazards." ”
Ms. Liu calmly reflects on the behavior of the "bear child" in the video, believing that the behavior reflects some deficiencies in family education.
One is to reflect the weak fire safety in family education, in daily life, parents should tell children not to play with fire; the second is to let children memorize emergency telephones such as 110, 119, 120, etc., once an accident occurs, the first reaction should be called to the police, reduce losses as much as possible, and at the same time must do a good job of self-protection; the third is the lack of fire safety knowledge publicity, do not know the serious consequences of playing with fire.
How should parents discipline "bear children"? Ms. Liu suggested starting from the following aspects.
The first is to warn children not to play with fire. Let children know that playing with fire is a very dangerous behavior and needs to pay a corresponding price for the consequences of this behavior.
The second is to guide children to learn to use fire extinguishers. Store family fire extinguishers at home, distinguish the types of fire extinguishers, guide the drill how to use fire extinguishers, let children be familiar with fire alarm telephones, and in case of emergency, call the police at the first time.
The third is to strengthen the publicity of fire safety knowledge. Let children watch more videos about safety prevention, increase children's awareness of safety prevention, learn the common sense to pay attention to in life, and understand the serious consequences of playing with fire and water.
The fourth is to organize children to participate in fire drills. In the event of a fire, how to escape by yourself or by helping others, tell you to prevent suffocation caused by thick smoke, cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel in cases of conditions, and use the lower space to quickly escape in the direction of the exit.
The procurator building of the Eighth Procuratorial Department of the People's Procuratorate of Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, is magnificent. Courtesy of respondents
Prosecutor: Parents who fail to perform their guardianship duties are liable for compensation
Lou Huangli, procurator of the Eighth Procuratorial Department of the People's Procuratorate of Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, believes that the two bear children playing with fire in the community and destroying the neighbor's car are no longer simply family education issues, but child safety issues and public safety issues.
In her work, she has taken over many juvenile safety cases. She said that two bear children were playing in the community and burning down the neighbor's car, but fortunately only caused physical damage, not human injuries. Once a fire is triggered, it may cause huge property damage and casualties.
The act of deliberately setting fire constitutes the crime of arson in criminal law, which has caused major losses to public or private property, and its statutory punishment is fixed-term imprisonment of more than ten years, life imprisonment or death, even if it does not cause serious consequences, it must be prosecuted, so the crime of arson is a felony.
"It is not difficult to see from the legal provisions that arson is an act that is very likely to cause serious harm to public safety." Lou said that "a cigarette butt can cause a fire" is not just talk. At the same time, minors who have reached the age of 14 are criminally liable for the crime of arson.
She believes that although the two children in the incident appear to be young and not yet of the age of criminal responsibility, fire safety education should begin as soon as possible. According to the provisions of the Civil Code, where a person without capacity for civil conduct or a person with limited capacity for civil conduct causes harm to others, the guardian shall bear tort liability. Where guardians fulfill their guardianship duties, their tort liability may be mitigated. "The parents in the incident failed to perform their guardianship duties and will be liable for the damage to the property damaged by the neighbor's vehicle, which will be a significant expense."
Lou Huanghuang told the China Youth Network reporter that children play with fire is usually out of curiosity, the children in the incident burn grass on the side of the car, out of the custody of their parents, and can obtain the source of fire, and do not realize that the danger is close at hand, reflecting the negligence of family safety education, there is negligence in supervision. Parents are the first responsible persons for educating children, and article 16 of the Law on the Protection of Minors stipulates that parents or other guardians should conduct safety education for minors and improve minors' awareness and ability to protect themselves.
She suggested that parents should carry out fire safety education in their lives as soon as possible, keep the fire source in their homes, and take good care of "bear children". At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to avoid prohibition,intimidation and preachy safety education,As far as fire prevention education is concerned, children can be guided to learn in a safe environment, such as guiding children to observe, ask questions, and answer questions in life scenes such as cooking with an open flame, so as to meet the curiosity of children of different ages about fire and prevent children from secretly playing with fire behind their backs.
Source: China Youth Network