Denmark abandons 'parenting competency' tests used on Greenlanders

For years, activists had been denouncing the use of equal tests for everyone on families with a different cultural background. To change things, the removal from the mother of a newborn child and, perhaps, Trump's sights on the island, which push Copenhagen to improve its relationship with the former colony

The tests did not take into account Greenlandic culture.

Denmark abandons 'parenting competency' tests used on Greenlanders

Campaigners say the use of the psychometric tests in child protection cases is discriminatory.

The Danish Government has announced that Greenlandic families should no longer undergo the ‘forældrekompetenceundersøgelse’ (FKU), a test of parental competence which requires to demonstrate that parents are fit for upbringing. In principle, it is an easy test to overcome, but presents difficulties for Greenlanders who do not fluently speak Danish, in addition to containing a cultural bias.Children may be removed from their parents if they do no…

Denmark abandons controversial ‘parenting competency’ tests used on Greenlanders

Campaigners say the use of the psychometric tests in child protection cases is discriminatory. ADVERTISEMENT Denmark has scrapped the use of controversial parenting “competency tests”, which many campaigners have spent years arguing discriminate against Greenlandic families. The psychometric tests, known as “forældrekompetenceundersøgelse” or FKU, are used by Danish authorities in child protection cases. Campaigners say they do not take into acc…

Denmark has announced it is abandoning the use of highly controversial "parental competence" tests for Greenlandic families, amid anger over how they were used...