Santa Claus in Stralsund: 4,000 euros punishment for rod against child!

Santa Claus in Stralsund: 4,000 euros punishment for rod against child!

Stralsund, Deutschland - In Stralsund, an incident causes excitement and discussions about educational methods at a Christmas market. A 62-year-old lay Christmas man was brought to trial with a four-year-old boy due to an incident. In this incident, which took place in November 2024, Santa Claus is said to have given the child a pat on the child. However, the exact nature of the incident remains unclear: was it a blow, or was it just a harmless pat? The differentiation caused heated debates in the Stralsund district court. According to Welt, the defendant finally accepted a fine of 4000 euros.

Santa Claus, who was essentially confessed, explained that he attacked to request respect after the boy had provoked him several times by stretching out his tongue and describing him as "stupid". Different reports were found among the witnesses, which confirmed a blow with the rod. However, the accused, who described the boy without evil intentions as a "trouser shit", took the opinion that it was okay to take some stricter measures.

public attention and educational debate

The prosecutor stated at the negotiation that the public attention already suffered was decisive for the decision to terminate the procedure. According to the court's statements, outdated views of how to deal with adults with children seem to be in the room. The incident not only has an impact on the people concerned, but also raises basic questions about education. As the Spiegel reports, a proposal to apologize to the affected boy with a gift. This rejection could illustrate the deep emotions on the subject of blows and upbringing.

In this context, it is also important to look at social attitudes towards physical education. The Kinderschutzbund has recently promoted more violent education in recent years. A lot has changed since the right to the right of violent education in 2000, but a survey shows that over 52% of the respondents still do not consider a "slap on the butt" to be harmful. Apparently there is a need to catch up here to change the social attitude towards a respectful and non -violent dealings with children.