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Support for parenting (2/2)
The national policy to support parenting has 6 main types of actions. These actions exist everywhere in France.
Key points of the sheet
- The REAAP help parents develop their skills. The Laep encourage meetings between parents and their children under 6.
- Meeting spaces let separated parents see their children for a while. Family information points inform parents and make their administrative procedures easier.
- The Clas help parents follow their children's schooling. Family mediation helps to find a solution in a family conflict.
- Parents have the duty to protect their child. For example, they do not leave the child alone and they avoid dangerous situations.
- Parents must report any violence. They contact the school for violence linked to school, and the police or gendarmerie for serious violence.
- The number 119 is for a child in danger. The number 30 20 is for the harassment of a child.
- The national charter for parenting support has 8 main principles. It values parents' skills and is for all families.
- Support starts before the child arrives and lasts until adult life. It respects equality between women and men, with competent or trained helpers.
Words to know
- Parent listening, support and guidance networks (REAAP) (Réseaux d’Écoute, d’Appui et d’Accompagnement des Parents)
- These networks offer activities and resources to develop parents' skills.
- Child-parent reception centres (Laep) (Lieux d’accueil enfant-parent)
- These places encourage meetings between parents and their children under 6.
- meeting spaces (espaces de rencontre)
- They are places where separated parents and their children meet for a while.
- Family information points (Pif) (Points info famille)
- They give information to parents and make their administrative procedures easier.
- Local school support contracts (Clas) (Contrats locaux d’accompagnement à la scolarité)
- They organise actions to help parents follow their children's schooling.
- family mediation (médiation familiale)
- It helps to find a solution, for example in a family conflict.
- number 119 (numéro 119)
- You call this number when a child is in danger.
Test yourself: 3 questions
The Laep welcome parents and their children of what age?
In French, the language of the exam: Les Laep accueillent les parents et leurs enfants de quel âge ?
The Laep encourage meetings between parents and children under 6.
Which action helps to resolve a family conflict?
In French, the language of the exam: Quelle action aide à résoudre un conflit familial ?
Family mediation helps to find a solution in a family conflict.
According to the charter, until when are parents supported?
In French, the language of the exam: Selon la charte, jusqu'à quand soutient-on les parents ?
The charter offers support from before the child arrives until the child enters adult life.
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Source
Sheet “Le soutien à la parentalité (2/2)” of the French Ministry of the Interior: formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr. Content published under the Etalab Open Licence 2.0. This page is a plain-language adaptation made by Hexaciv, which is not an official site: if in doubt, the ministry's text is the one that counts.
Ministry sheet read on 23 October 2026, still identical on 25 October 2026.