Child to parent violence (CPV) is a form of family violence that has seen a growth in research attention over the past decade. However, little research has examined how this problem is understood by those outside of academia. This is despite recognition that public understandings of a particular social problem shape the landscape in which that problem plays out. To address this research gap, we analysed data from 463 public comments posted on YouTube in response to four UK news broadcasts that reported on the problem. Using a discourse analytic approach, we examined how posted comments framed the cause of, and solutions to, CPV. While a range of causes were identified, the posts predominantly blamed the parents, mobilizing child development discourses to attribute the cause of CPV to either parental use of violence, or to a lack of parental violence, towards children. The solutions offered reflect a penal populism that supports extremely punitive sanctions against children who engage in CPV. This study suggests that public campaign and education initiatives need to do more than raise public awareness about CPV—they must also inform the public about how broader social policy operates in relation to children, families and the state.

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“这就是那些不打孩子屁股的人的下场”：对 YouTube 对儿童暴力新闻报道评论的分析

儿童对父母暴力 (CPV) 是家庭暴力的一种形式，在过去十年中，研究关注度不断增加。然而，很少有研究探讨学术界以外的人如何理解这个问题。尽管人们认识到公众对特定社会问题的理解决定了该问题的发展格局。为了弥补这一研究空白，我们分析了 YouTube 上发布的 463 条公众评论中的数据，这些评论是对报道该问题的四家英国新闻广播的回应。使用话语分析方法，我们研究了发布的评论如何阐述 CPV 的原因和解决方案。虽然确定了一系列原因，但这些帖子主要归咎于父母，动员儿童发展讨论将 CPV 的原因归因于父母对儿童使用暴力，或缺乏父母的暴力。所提供的解决方案反映了一种刑罚民粹主义，支持对参与 CPV 的儿童实施极其严厉的制裁。这项研究表明，公共运动和教育举措需要做的不仅仅是提高公众对 CPV 的认识，还必须让公众了解更广泛的社会政策如何与儿童、家庭和国家相关。