"Akachan Engumi" De Gyakutai Shi Wo Nakusu (Kobunsha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] There is a method of special adoption known as the "Aichi method. For the past 30 years, the Child Guidance Centers in Aichi Prefecture have been raising babies whose birth parents are unable to raise them in their own homes from birth by consigning them to foster parents on the premise of special adoption. The most common abuse deaths occur at the age of 0 years and 0 months," "children growing up in institutions without permanent family affection," and "the disease of reactive attachment disorder that continues to afflict foster parents and foster children. In order to eliminate all of these problems, we will introduce the lives and efforts of Mr. Yamada, who, despite being a government employee, continued to push for the special adoption of newborns without losing out to pressure, and Mr. Manya, who played a role in establishing this method in Aichi Prefecture, while also looking into the background of their enthusiasm.

「愛知方式」と呼ばれる特別養子縁組の方法がある。愛知県の児童相談所では、産みの親が育てることができない赤ちゃんを、特別養子縁組を前提とした里親委託によって、生まれてすぐから家庭の中で育てる取り組みを30年来続けてきた。「虐待死の中で最も多い、0歳0カ月0日の虐待死」「恒久的な家族の愛情を知らずに施設で育つ子どもたち」「里親や里子を苦しめ続ける反応性愛着障害という病」...。これらすべてをなくすために、公務員でありながら圧力に負けずに新生児の特別養子縁組を断行し続けた矢満田氏、そしてその方式を愛知県に定着させる役割を果たした萬屋氏の半生と取り組みを、二人の熱意の背景にも迫りながら紹介する。