Family nursing dormitory - Kaiteiyogoryo

...Child welfare, which is based on the principle that children should be respected as individuals, raised in a healthy environment both physically and mentally, and that their healthy development should be guaranteed, was established as part of Japan's social welfare policy after World War II. The Swedish female thinker Ellen Key wrote "The Century of the Child" in 1900, in which she argued that the improvement of women's status lies not in the liberation of women's rights but in the realization of motherhood, and that the future of the world depends on the healthy development of children, which is deeply connected to the nature of healthy motherhood. Her book had a great impact on the fields of child welfare and child education. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "family nursing dormitories" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…児童が人として尊重され，物心両面における健全な環境のもとで養育され，健やかな成長が保障されることを理念とした児童福祉が日本の社会福祉政策の一環として確立したのは第2次大戦後のことである。　スウェーデンの女流思想家エレン･ケイは，1900年に《児童の世紀》を著し，婦人の地位向上は女権解放でなく母性の実現にあるとして，健全な母性のあり方に深くかかわる児童の健やかな発達に世界の未来がかかっていることを説き，児童福祉，児童教育界に大いなる影響を与えた。…

※「家庭養護寮」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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