Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOUSEB|LLNo.8306
Introduced by HON. ANGHLICA NATASIIA A. CO /BHW'PHrty fisf/
AV ACT
PROMOTING POSITIVE PARENTING IN ALL SETTINGS
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TIIEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child observed these in our country: (1) high
prevalence of all forms of violence against children (VAC), including corporal punishment, bullying and
abuse in schools, domestic and sexual violence, and exploitation, particularly online; and (2) failure of the
Philippine  government to  prohibit  all  forms  and  instances  of VAC.t  In  a  data provided  by the  Child
Protection  Network,  a  total  of  3,139  cases  of  VAC,  which  include  assault,  neglect,  bullying,  and
exploitation,  among  others,  have  been  reported  for  the  period  January   1,  2023  to  April  30,  2023.2
Meanwhile, in 2022, a total of 8,948 VAC cases have been recorded.3 With the increasing number of VAC,
and pursuant to Article  19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the   government is
called  upon  to  take  all  necessary  measures  to:  (1)  ensure  the  effective  implementation  of its  existing
domestic laws; (2) align and harmonize its legislation with the principles embodied in the UN CRC; and
(3 ) inmediately adopt or enact new laws prohibiting corporal punishment and promoting positive parenting
in order to better protect and assert the children's right to respect for their dignity, integrity, and equal
protection under the laws.
The Philippine government adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law
of the land4. In August 1990, the government wove the UN CRC on its own domestic legislation and rule-
making procedures.  In 2012, it signified its strong commitment to end and prohibit all forms of corporal
punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment, in the home, schools, and all other settings,
where adults have parental authority over children.5 It is also cognizant of its obligation imposed under the
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child General Comment No. 8 (2006) to move quickly to eliminate all
forms of corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment of children.6 Elimiriating
t 23 September 2022, CRC/CPHL/CO/5-6, Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth reports, paras. 22 and 23,
and "Corporal punishment of children in the Philippines". Accessed from: http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-
contenvuploads/country-reportsffhilippines.pdf.
2 https : //www. chi ldprotectionnetwork. org/wcpu-statistics/.
3https://www.childprotectionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Women-and-Child-Protection-Units-Statistics-2022.pdf.
4 Article 11, Section 2 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
5 Universal Periodic Review of 2012.
6 General Comment No. 8 (2006): The Right of the Child to Protection From Corporal Punishment and Other Cruel and
Degrading Forms of punishment. Accessed from: https://www.refivorld.org/docid/460bc7772.html.


corporal punishment of children in all settings is not just a mere governmental obligation but also a key
strategy to reduce and prevent all forms of VAC in the country.
With the foregoing, the State takes on the challenge to: (1) develop a comprehensive strategy for deterring
and combating all forms of VAC, including corporal punishment and all other cruel or degrading forms of
punishment of children;  and (2) enact legislation to prohibit all  forms of VAC,  promote positive, non-
violent, and participatory forms of parenting; and (3) strengthen awareness-raising campaigns. After all,
the underlying purpose of prohibiting corporal and other punishments is to prevent VAC by changing the
long-standing societal practice and perspective; mainstreaming children's right to integrity, dignity, and
equal protection; and promoting positive and non-violent parenting.
The "Positive Parenting of children Act" is hereby proposed to fill in the parents and legal guardians with
affable and non-violent parenting tools and mechanisms that will  help build and develop a child's self-
esteem, self-discipline, and essential life skills. This is to emphasize that parents can in fact discipline their
children while respecting their human rights and dignity. Appropriate assistance to parents and legal
guardians in the performance of their child-rearing responsibilities shall be provided by the State.7 The
rights  of parents  to  rear  their  children8  in  whatever  manner they  deem  appropriate  shall  likewise  be
respected as long as it does not violate the child's richts, human dignity, and physical integrity.
This bill seeks to accomplish these: ( 1 ) formulate a comprehensive program to promote positive parenting;
(2) protect children from any form of physical, humiliating, or degrading acts as a fom of punishment
committed  in all possible settings where there is direct or indirect contact with a child; (3) provide reporting
mechanisms for cases involving physical, humiliating, and degrading acts as a form of punishment of a
child;  (4) provide intervention mechanisms in the local level; (5) grant immunity from suit to qualified
intervening persons; (6) penalize persons causing a child to lie or fabricate about incidents of physical,
humiliating,  and degrading acts;  and (7) mandate concerned agencies to develop approaches,  integrate,
adopt, and implement programs to promote positive parenting, among others.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought in keeping with the best
interests of the Filipino children.
A NATASIIA A. CO
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7Article XVIIT, UN CRC.
8 Article Ill, UN CRC.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOusEB|LLNo.8306
Introduced by HON. ANGELICA NATASIIA A. CO /BHWP&rty fds¢/
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AN ACT
PROMOTING poslTlvn PARENTING IN ALL sETTINGs
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House Of Representatives Of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1.  Short Title. -This Act shall be known as the ``Positive Parenting of children Act''.
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. -The State recognizes that the family, being the foundation of the
nation,  is a basic  social  institution which public policy cherishes and protects, and that parents are
primarily responsible in the rearing and nurturing of their children keeping in mind the best interest of
the child.  To this end, the State shall, pursuant to its constitutional mandate, protect and strengthen the
family as a basic,  autonomous  social  institution, and support the natural, primary right and duty of
parents in the rearing of youth for the development of their moral character and civic efficiency.  As
such, the State shall respect the rights of parents to rear their children in whatever manner they deem
appropriate for as long as it does not violate the rights of the children.
The child is an embodiment of her/his own personhood. Hence, histher individual traits and aptitudes
should be cultivated to the utmost iusofar as they do not conflict with the general welfare.
The molding of the character of the child starts at home. Consequently, every member of the family
shall strive to make the home a wholesome and harmonious place as its atmosphere and conditions will
greatly influence the child's development.
The  State likewise recognizes the vital role of the child and the youth in nation building and shall
promote  and  protect  their  physical,  moral,  spiritual,  intellectual,  and  social  well-being.   Pursunnt
thereto, a child has the right to be protected from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or
abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, and maltreatment or exploitation as a fom of discipline while in
the care of parents, legal guardians or any other person who has the care of the child. Such treatment or
punishment violates the child's rights, human dignity and physical integrity.
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(a)       Recognize and uphold the right of the child as human being, individual,
and member of a family and community, to equal protection of the law;
(b)      Promote positive parenting of children at home, in school, in institutions,
in  alternative  care  systems,  in  workplaces  and  in  all  other settings  by
encouraalng  behavior  change   in  adults  and  establish  the  necessary
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(c)      Defend the  right  of the  child to  assistance,  including  proper  care  and
nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty,
exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development;
(d)      Protect the best interests of the child through measures that will ensure the
observance of international standards of child protection, especially those
expressed   in   international   conventions   and   treaties   to   which   the
Philippines is a party, particularly the United Nation Conventions on the
Rights  of a  Child  (UNCRC)  and  its  optional  protocols  to  which  the
Philippines is a party, International Labor Organization Convention No.
182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination
of the Worst Foms of Child Labor, the Sustainable Development Goals,
and all other relevant and universally accepted human rights instruments
and other international conventions to which the Philippines is a party;
(e)      Respect the  responsibilities,  rights  and  duties  of parents,  guardians  or
other persons legally responsible for the child, including those exercising
special  or  substitute  parental  authority  as  those  provided  for  under
Presidential Decree No. 603, otherwise known as the "Child and Youth
Welfare Code", as amended; Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known
as the "Family Cede of the Philippines", as amended; and Republic Act
No.  7610,  as  amended,  otherwise  known  as the "Special  Protection of
Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act", to
provide, in a marmer consistent with the evolving capacities of the child,
appropriate direction and guidance in the exercise of the child's rights;
(D       Provide an enabling environment for parents to empower themselves and
fulfill their parental obligations to rear their children through positive and
nonviolent means;
(g)      Render  appropriate  assistance  to  parents  and  legal  guardians  in  the
performance  of their child-rearing responsibilities  and  shall  ensure the
development of iustitutious, facilities and services for the care of children
including children with disabilities and other vulnerable children; and
(h)      Ensure that school discipline is administered in a manner that respects the
child's human dignity;
39       Pursuant to the UNCRC, the state recognizes the primary responsibility of parents, or as the case may
40       be legal guardians for the upbringing and development of the child keeping in mind the best interest of
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a)        Child refers to a person who is below eighteen (18) years of age, or over but is unable
to fully take care of one's self or protect one's  self from  abuse, neglect,  cruelty,
exploitation or discrimination because of a physical or mental disability or condition.
b)       Foster parents refer to persons duly licensed by the Department of social welfare
and Development (DSWD) to provide planned, temporary, or substitute parental care
to a child.
c)        Guardians  refer  to  legal  guardians,  foster  parents,  and  other  persons,  including
relatives, with physical custody of a child.
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d)       Child caring Institutions refer to registered, licensed, and/or accredited residential
and    nonresidentia]    child-caring    agencies,    including    youth    homes,    youth
rehabilitation   centers,   Bahay  Pag-asa,   and  other  youth   rehabilitation  centers,
agricultural camps, and other training facilities, drop-in centers, temporary shelters
and orphanages, and churches or religious centers, including places of worship and
parish centers;
e)        Parents refer to biological parents, stepparents, adoptive parents, or the common-law
spouse or partner of the parent;
f)        Persons  legally  responsible  for  the  child,  including  those  exercising  special  or
substitute parental authority refer to those provided for under Executive Order No.
209 otherwise, known as the "Family Code of the Philippines" as amended; In case
of  death,  absence  or  unsuitability  of the  parents,  the  following  shall  exercise
substitute parental authority in this order: (1) surviving grandparent; (2) the oldest
brother  or  sister,  over  twenty  one  (21)  years  of age;  and  (3)  the  child's  actunl
custodian,  over twenty one  (21)  years  of old.  In  case  of foundlings,  abandoned,
neglected, or abused children, parental authority is entrusted to heads of children's
homes, orphanages and similar iustitutious duly accredited by the proper government
agency.
School administrators and teachers, or the individual, entity or institution engaged in
child care shall have parental authority and responsibility of the minor child while
under their supervision, instruction and custody.
(g)      Physical, humiliating, or degrading acts as a form of violent punishment or discipline
in which physical force is used and intended to cause pain or discomfort. In addition,
other non-physical forms of punishment that are cruel, degrading, and that cause a
child to  feel  belittled,  humiliated,  denigrated,  scapegoated,  threatened,  scared  or
ridiculed are contemplated in this definition.
(h)      Positive parenting is based on the principles ofchild's rights and development and
effective teaching and parenting. It is non-violent and this is achieved by providing
a warm and caring environment, building the child's competence and confidence,
assisting   the   child   understanding   and   abiding   by   rules,   fostering   healthy
relationships, and teaching the child life-long skills and respect for human rights.
(i)       Restorative justice  refers  to  a  principle  which  requires  a  process  of resolving
conflicts with the involvement of the victim, the offender and the community.   It
focuses on the harm that has been done to people and relationships which create
obligations  and  liabilities.     The  principle  of  restorative  justice  using  positive
parenting seeks to rebuild and strengthen the relationship between the parent and the
child through mediation and agreement in the aftermath of a traumatic or violent
experience in the family; and
¢)       Service providers refer to persons who, whether in public or private settings, provide
services to children.   These include teachers, guidance counselors, social workers,
center  administrators  and  personnel,  interns,  parent-teacher  association  officers,
house   parents,   health   care   providers,   day   care/child   development   workers,
volunteers,  teaching  and  non-teaching  personnel,  security  guards  in  schools  and
centers, guards in a youth detention home, law enforcement officers to include the
police, barangay officials, tanods, and jail officers, and mental health care providers.
54       Section  4.  Development of a Comprehensive Program  to Promote Positive Parenting. - The
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of a  comprehensive  program  that  shall  be  implemented to  promote  positive  parenting  to  include
prevention  and response programs  in  collaboration  with  the  Council  for the  Welfare  of Children
(CWC), National Authority on Child Care OIACC), National Council for Disability Affairs OVCDA),
Juvenile  Justice  and  Welfare  Council  (JJWC),  Philippine  National  Police  (PNP),  Department  of
Education (DepEd), Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council, Commission on Higher
Education (CHED), Technical Educational and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department
of Health (DOH), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
A continuing information dissemination campaign shall be conducted nationwide by the Philippine
Information  Agency  (PIA),  DSWD  for  the  parents,  DILG-National  Barangay  Operations  Office
(NBOO)  for the  local  goverrment  officials,  PNP  for law enforcement personnel,  and the ECCD
Council, DepEd, CHED, and TESDA for the teachers on how to practice positive parenting.
14       All barangay personnel and service providers who will be involved in the management of cases and
15       the  provision  of  interventions  shall  receive  the  necessary  capacity-building  programs  for  the
16        implementation of this Act.
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19       Punishment. -No child shall be subjected to any form of physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a
20       fom of punishment as defined in section 3(g) in homes, schools, institutions, alternative care systems,
21       thejuvenile welfare system, places of worship, workylace, and in all other settings where there is direct
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Section 6.  Reporting Physical, Humiliating and Degrading Acts as a Form of Punisltment of a
Child. -Reports of any physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment of a child may
be filed by any person having personal knowledge of the act or acts complained of.
28       All reports of the commission of physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a fom of punishment ofa
29       child shall be brought to the attention of the barangay or the police or both.  The police shall bring the
30       report to the attention of the barangay and social worker and if needed, a health care provider:  Provj.did
31       that acts committed in the school settings shall be in accordance with the guidelines to be drafted under
32       Section 10 (r) of this Act prov!.c7ed futher that schools shall submit periodic reports to the barangay
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35       Section 7. Interventions. -Upon receipt ofa report, the punong Barangay shall determine if the act
36       committed falls under the definition of physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment,
37       the Punong Barangay  shall  inform the offender that there  is a finding of commission of physical,
38       humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment. The Punong Barangay shall ensure that the
39       offender is familiar with and understands positive parenting, provide reading materials to the latter, and
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a.        Refer both the offender and the offended party to mediation and conciliation; and
b.        In  extreme  cases  where the  safety of the child  is  at  stake, recommend barangay
protection orders, taking into consideration the best interest of the child.
The Local Social Welfare Development Officer (LSWDO) shall be informed that a
case of physical, humiliating or degrading act as a form of punishment of a child has
been reported to the barangay. The LSWDO shall conduct an assessment pursuant
to Section  10 (d) of this Act.  The process of coordination between the barangay,
Local  Council  for the Protection of Children qcpc),  and the LSWDO shall  be
defined in the implementing rules and regulations of this Act.
In cases of repeat offenders, the Punong Barangay shall require the offender to: (1)
undertake seminars on positive parenting, anger management, and child's rights; (2)
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undergo counseling or therapy; and/or (3) avail of other rehabilitative services as
may be applicable.   The child shall also be provided counseling and, if necessary,
accorded  other proper interventions.  In  school  settings,  interventions  shall  be  in
accordance with the guidelines to be drafted under Section 10 (r) of this Act.
Nothing in this Act shall prevent the filing of appropriate criminal cases if the offense
is punishable under the "Revised Penal Code", as amended, and other special laws.
Section 8.  Immunity for Intervening Persons. -ln every case of physical, humiliating or degrading
acts as a form of punishment, any person who, acting in good faith, responds or intervenes without
using  violence  or restraint  greater than  necessary  to  ensure  the  safety  of the  victim,  shall  not  be
criminally, civilly, or administratively liable.
However,  persons  causing  a  child to  lie  or  fabricate  about  incidents  of physical,  humiliating  and
degrading acts shall be liable under existing civil and criminal laws.
Section 9. Confidentiality. -All records pertaining to cases of physical, humiliating or degrading acts
as a form of punishment of a child, including those in the barangay, the police, school, or public or
private health care facility shall be kept confidential and the right to privacy of the victim shall be
respected, except upon order of the court for the benefit of the child or to prosecute the offender.
Whoever publishes or causes to be published,  in any format, the name, address, telephone number,
school or any identifying information of a victim or immediate family member of the victim, without
consent, shall be penalized under existing laws.
25       The victims, or an immediate family member of the victim, may file an action for damages against
26       whoever publishes or causes to be published,  in any format, the name,  address, telephone number,
27       school or any identifying information ofa victim or immediate family member of the vichm, without
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31       Commission in coordination with the DSWD and the DILG shall develop a centralized database and
32       monitoring system for all reported cases in violation of this Act.
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Section  10.   Duties  and  Responsibilities  of Government  Agencies  - To  achieve the  policy  and
objectives of this Act, the duties and responsibilities of the implementing agencies are as follows:
a)       The Department of social welfare and Development (DSWD) -
I.        The DSWD, in coordination with the DepEd, other relevant government agencies,
the private sector,  including academic institutions,  non-government organizations
(NGOs)  and  General  Parents  Teachers  Associations  (GPTA)  shall  formulate  a
comprehensive program to promote the positive parenting and the prevention of the
use of physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment of children.
The   program   shall   include   capacity   building   of  service   providers,   content
development of reading materials and other promotional items, parenting education
positive parenting, child friendly reporting mechanisms, child protection and support
services and documentation, data management and monitoring systems.
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The DSWD shall integrate positive parenting in the training of officials and staff of
child-caring institutions. It shall ensure that officials and staff iustitutious do not use
physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment of children under
their  custody.  It  shall  also  ensure that  appropriate  action  is taken  against  erring
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The DSWD shall integrate positive parenting in the capacity-building activities for
the  LSWDO  to  enable  them  to  provide  counseling  and  appropriate  intervention
programs for both offended child and offender.
4.        The DSWD shall seek assistance from other relevant government agencies such as
the DOJ,  Commission on Human RIghts,  PIA,  and the National  Commission on
Indigenous Peoples to perform specific duties for the implementation of this Act.
b)       Local social welfare Development offices (LSWDOs) -
1.        All LSWDOs shall adopt and implement programs and services to promote positive
parenting and the prevention of the use of physical and humiliating or degrading acts
as a form of punishment of a child.  They shall also provide assistance to victims of
physical,   humiliating,   or  degrading  acts  as  a  form  of  punishment  and  their
families.  It shall, together with the DSWD and the local government units (LGUs),
ensure the delivery of intervention programs such as seminars and counseling for
offenders.
2.        All LSWD0s shall immediately conduct an assessment of every reported instance
of physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment of a child, and
determine the appropriate interventious, considering the best interest of the children
at all times. The assessment shall be complcted within three (3) calendar days from
the report of the incident, without prej udice to the conduct of a more comprehensive
case study report.  The interventions for the children and their families, protective
custody by the social worker, temporary placement, medical, counseling and legal
services  for a child,  and for the  offenders,  counseling and seminar on children's
rights, positive parenting, anger management, mental, psychological or psychiatric
services,  and  referrals  to  other  rehabilitative  services.  The  assessment  shall  be
conducted and  interventions  shall  be provided by the  LSWDO whether or not  a
criminal case is filed.
c)       Council forthe welfare of children(CWC) -
1.        The cwc shall disseminate all relevant infomation of this Act among concerned
government  agencies  and  entities.   It  shall   monitor  the  enforcement  and  the
implementation of all programs and services provided for under this Act. It shall also
mobilize  the  different  inter-agency  mechahisms  within  its  national  and  local
structures to support the implementation of programs and services. It shall, together
with  the  PIA,  devise  and  implement  an  information  campaign  or  program  for
popularizing the use of positive parenting of children nationwide.
The  CWC  shall  mobilize the  different  inter-agency mechanisms,  particularly the
Regional Committees and Subcommittees on the Welfare of children.
d)       Department of Education (DepEd) -
1.        The  DepEd  shall  integrate  positive  parenting  in  the training  of school  officials,
teachers, and personnel. It shall ensure that school officials, teachers and personnel
do not use physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment on any
learner or student. The DepEd shall also integrate discussions on positive parenting
in the relevant subjects in the curriculum of students. The rights of the child shall
also be  discussed along  with their responsibilities  in the  home,  community,  and
school. It shall likewise strengthen its Values Education in the K-12 curriculuni to
instill  obedience,  courtesy,  and  open  communication  to  help  foster  parent-child
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2.        The DapEd and ECCD Council shall, in consultation with students' organizations,
GPTA, and teachers' unions, within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act,
promulgate the Guidelines on the Implementation of Positive Parenting in school
settings consistent with this Act and its lmplementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
3.        Positive parenting actions imposed in accordance with the said Guidelines shall not
be considered as physical humiliating or degrading acts under Section 3 (g) Of this
Act.
e)        The Early childhood care and Development council @CCD Council) -
1.        The ECCD Council shall develop an appropriate approach on positive parenting of
children  0-4  years  old  in  child  development  centers. It  shall  integrate  positive
parenting of children in the training of child development workers and personnel of
the child development centers.
I)        The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and its attached agencies -
1.        The  DILG  shall  mandate  the  LGUs  to  strengthen  and  support  lcoal  structures
involved  in the  protection of a child.  It  shall,  together with  the  DSWD  and the
LSWDO,  encourage  parents  and  individuals  who  are  not  married  but  exercise
parental  authority  to  participate  in trading,  seminars,  or  counseling  on  positive
parenting, and child's rights, and shall ensure the delivery of intervention programs
for offenders and the offended parties.
In accordance with Section 7 of this act, the DILG shall provide capacity building to
barangay officials and personnel on positive parenting and procedures for handling
cases and concerns relative to this Act.
g)       Local Government units (LGUs) -
I.        The LGUs shall mobilize, strengthen, and support lcoal structures, such as the LCPC,
local   special   bodies,   homeowners'   associations,   Lupong   Tagapamayapa   and
children's  welfare  and  protection  organizations,  in  facilitating  the  reporting  and
prevention of, and response to instances of physical, humiliating or degrading acts
as  a form  of punishment and promotion of positive  parenting  in their respective
localities. It shall, together with the DSWD and the LSWDO, ensure the delivery of
intervention  programs  sueh  as  seminars  and  counseling  for  offenders  and  the
offended parties.
2.        All LGUs shall have at least one registered LSWDO.
h)       Local councils for the protection of children (LCPC) -
I.        The LCPc shall support progranis that promote positive parenting, prevent the use
of physical, humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment of children, and
coordinate with the LSWDO in responding to such cases.
i)        Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Educational and skills Development
Authority (TESDA) -
1.        The  CHED  and the  TESDA  shall  integrate  positive parenting  of children  in the
cunicula of education, psychology, social work, and other disciplines. They shall
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also ensure that appropriate training on positive parenting is provided for school
officials, teachers and other non-teaching personnel.
j)        Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) -
1.        The DOLE shall make the attendance of employers to positive parenting training as
a prerequisite to the issuance of employment permits for children.
k)       Department of Health (DOH) -
1.        The DOH shall integrate early child development interventions in the various health
and  nutrition  programs  and  services  with  emphasis  on  faniily-child  interaction
during well-and-sick child visits. It shall also provide technical assistance to LGUs,
throughtheDOHRegionalOffices,toenhancethecapabilitiesoflocalhealthoffices
in  the  implementation  of  early  child  development  interventions,  including  the
promotion of age appropriate parent-child interactions to foster understanding of the
child's behavior and needs.
I)         Philippine National police (PNP) -
1.        The PNP shall promote positive parenting and ways of treating and handling children
in conflict with the law.  It shall ensure that officials and staff do not use physical,
humiliating,ordegradingactsasaformofpunishmenttoachildundertheircustody.
It shall integrate into their training curriculum the training of all police officers on
child-friendly and child-sensitive prcoedures in handling children.  and coordinate
closely  with  government  and  private  organizations  for  effective  investigation  of
Cases.
in)      National Youth commission (NYC) and the sangguniang Kabataan (SK) -
1.        The  NYC  and the  SK  shall  include  in  its  programs the  prevention  of physical,
humiliating or degrading acts as a form of punishment of children and endeavor to
build collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
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1.        School  administrators  and teachers  exercise  special  parental  authority  over their
students while under the supervision, instruction and custody. As such, guidelines to
be  produced  by  the  DepEd  shall  recognize  their  authority  in the  schools  and  in
school-sanctioned  events,  and the  need  to  conduct their classes  in  an  organized
mannerthatisconducivetoleaming.Thus,teachershavetheauthoritytoensurethat
their students behave, respond and treat their teachers and classmates in a respectful
manner. They have the right to call out disorderly and disrespectful behavior and
deal with the same consistent with the law and the guidelines to be implemented.
o)       Department of Budget and Management (DBM) -
1.        The DBM shall ensure a sufficient number of guidance counselors who will serve as
support personnel in implementing positive parenting of students. For purposes of
this Act, the DBM shall,  in accordance with Republic Act No.  11036,  otherwise
known as the "Mental Health Act", endeavor to meet the recormended ratio of one
( 1) guidance counselor for every two hundred (200) students in public elementary
and high schools.
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1.        The NCDA, in coordination with the DSWD and DepEd shall ensure that the needs
of the  children  disabilities  are  incorporated  in  the  Comprehensive  Program  to
Promote Positive Parenting.
2.        The  NCDA  shall  ensure  that  services  are  available,  accessible,  and  disability
inclusive.
Section  11.  Appropriations -The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall
be charged agalust the current appropriations of the concerned agencies.  Thereafter, the amount needed
for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations
Act.   For LGUs,  the  implementation  of the programs may be charged  against the  internal  revenue
allotment and other intemally generated funds of the LGU concerned.
Section 12.  Periodic Review - The DSWD and the DILG with the DepEd, the TESDA, the CHED,
the DOJ, the DOH,  and other relevant government agencies, LGUs, and civil  society organizations
(CSOs) shall,  after three (3) years upon  effectivity of this Act,  and every five (5) years thereafter,
conduct a periodic review and evaluate the implementation of this Act and shall submit its report and
recommendation to the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality
and the House of Representatives Committee on the Welfare of Children.
21       Section  13.   Implementing Rules and Regulations-The DSWD, DILG, and CWC, in consultation
22       with  the  DepEd,  CHED,  TESDA,  DrLG-NBOO,  DOH,  NCDA,  and  other  relevant  government
23       agencies, LGUs, CSOs, NGOs, teachers' union, and at least two (2) child focused organizations, shall
24       promulgate the lRR of this Act within six (6) months from its approval. They shall likewise ensure that
25       techniques  in,  and  examples  of,  practicing  positive  parenting  shall  be  extensively  enumerated,
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Section 14.  Suppletory Application -For purposes of this Act, Act No. 3185 or the "Revised Penal
Code", as aniended, P.D. 603 or the "Child and Youth Welfare Code", as amended, and R.A. No. 7610
or  the  "Special  Protection  of Children  Against  Abuse,  Exploitation,  and  Discrimination  Act",  as
amended, and other applicable laws shall have suppletory application.
Section 15. Separability clause -If any section or provisions of this Act is held uncoustitutional or
invalid, the other sections or provisions shall not be affected.
36       Section   16.  Repealing  Clause  -  All  laws,  presidential  decrees,  executive  order  and  rules  and
37       regulations or parts thereofincousistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified
38       accordingly.
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Section 17.  Effectivity -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
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