Kosodate Batsu "Oyako Ni Tsumetai Nippon" Wo Kaeru Ni Ha (Kobunsha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Despite the urgent need to restore the birthrate in Japan, where the birthrate is declining and aging rapidly, Japan's family-related social spending is extremely low compared to that of other developed countries. Instead of providing welfare "bonuses" to families raising children, Japan's policy of "punishment" both financially and socially has led to a complete failure in combating the declining birthrate. This book defines "child-rearing punishment" as social and political systems and practices that make child-rearing a "self-responsibility" and cause hardship for parents and children. The book discusses how to eliminate "child penalty" from Japan and make Japan a "parent- and child-friendly country" again. The book also includes an essay by Keita Sakurai, a social welfare scholar, who coined the term "child-rearing punishment" from the academic term "child penalty," as well as a dialogue between Sueomi and Sakurai.

少子高齢化が加速する日本において、出生数の回復は急務であるにもかかわらず、日本は諸先進国に比して家族関連社会支出が極端に少ない。子育て世帯に福祉的「ボーナス」を与えるどころか、金銭的にも社会的にも「罰」を与える政策により、日本の少子化対策は完全に失敗している。子育てを「自己責任」とみなし、親子を苦しめる社会・政治の制度・慣行を、本書では「子育て罰」と定義。九月入学問題や高所得世帯の児童手当廃止、「こども庁」の政治利用等に鋭く切り込んできた教育学者の末冨芳氏が、日本から「子育て罰」をなくし、再び「親子にやさしい国」にするための方策を論じる。学術用語「child penalty」から「子育て罰」という訳語を生んだ社会福祉学者・桜井啓太氏の論考、末冨・桜井両氏による対談も収録。