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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"parental rights"”.
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Parental rights and state authority : the family in United States Supreme Court rhetoric
… faced questions pertaining to the Constitutional rights of parents. Contemporary conflicts between states’ authority and parents’ rights to shape the moral education of children are manifestations of a tension in liberal political thought. Although liberalism assigns responsibility for the …
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A Content Analysis of Statutory Grounds for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights: The Impacts and Susceptibility of Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children
… statutory grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights on the legal severance between incarcerated parents and their children has been largely ignored. The purpose of this research is to determine the susceptibility of incarcerated parents to the involuntary termination of parental …
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Permanency planning and long-term foster-care : a guideline for practice
… in foster-care through termination of parental rights and reconstruction services to natural parents. At present, the move in childcare practice is to institute permanency planning philosophy and tennets for children placed in foster-care in order for them to experience stability and …
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GUARANTEE OF CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE FAMILY STRENGTHENING SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
… the authorities, but who have been deprived of parental rights. Institutionalization negatively impacts children's health and development. These children are often subjected to violence, child trafficking, and most of them leave formal care without the skills needed to begin an independent life. …
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Transsexuals and the right to marry
… in some detail. A discussion on the civil rights of transsexuals follows and various cases are quoted as an illustration of the ever growing phenomenon. Transsexuals claim discrimination regarding issues of birth certificate corrections, employment, parental rights and marriage. An emphasis …
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Adoptive Parenting From Placement to Adoption Order: “Long, Gruelling, Intrusive and in the End… Just Another Number on Someone’s Spreadsheet”
Adoption is the process of the removal of parental rights from birth parent(s) to adoptive parent(s) (Seymor 2019). This research will consider the lived experiences of eight adoptive parents during the process of adopting their children, all eight adoptive parents have been given full parental …
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Stolen sperm : should the law absolve an involuntary father from the duty to furnish child maintenance?
… to conceive a child. The allocation of parental rights and responsibilities is therefore simplified on the basis that both parties consented to becoming parents. However, the assignment of legal parenthood is not always as clear-cut. Over the past three decades, the courts in the United …
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Work-family conflict and organisational commitment amongst fathers in the South African National Defence Force
… encouraged to help raise their children, assume parental responsibilities, and assert parental rights. Many organisations, even the military, are trying to assist workers in balancing work and family obligations. The expectation is that the effective management of work-family conflict will result …
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An analysis of the obstacles that prevent the meaningful participation in the IEP process by parents/guardians of African American males in special education
… school, (2) Knowledge of special education, (3) Parental rights and involvement in the IEP process, and (4) Attitudes of teachers. The strategies there were recommended to increase parental involvement were: (1) Engagement in active listening to parents and guardians at IEP meetings, (2) Changing …
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Conservative and Cultural Clashes with Comprehensive Sexuality Education
… work has led to the proliferation of calls for parental rights in education. While conservatives are the most vocal in opposing CSE, it is also vital to consider other cultural perceptions of sexuality. Many minority and immigrant families may hold their own cultural and religious views of …
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Caring for looked after children from the perspectives of foster carers and social workers
… being a foster carer; being a ‘parent’ without parental rights; attachment and loss; value and frustration: two sides of professional support; and being truly understood: the value of peer support. The findings are discussed in relation to psychological theory and other research in this field. A …
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Lost to the state: family discontinuity, social orphanhood, and residential care in the Russian Far East
… Far East. 'Social orphans' are children without parental care. By 2003 the number of these children has reached 776,000 and is increasing by about 100,000 a year, raising serious concerns over the viability of the post-Soviet family. One-third of social orphans are brought up in state residential …
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Legal Requirements of Custody: A Comparative Study between the United States and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
… of questions, including the source and status of parental rights under each legal system, the meaning of custody in the two nations, the legal role of the child’s interests and needs, and the legal role of gender and religion in custody determinations. Through a thorough analysis, this research …
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Social Policy and Family Well-Being: Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… no health benefits, suggests that unpaid parental leave policies may exacerbate disparities in child health as they only benefit the parents who can afford to use them. In the second essay, "Engaging Absent Fathers: Lessons from Paternity Establishment Programs," I examine behavior among …
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Independent families : a republican account of the parent-child relationship.
… one hand, citizens all seem to have fundamental rights to generally live as they please. On the other hand, child citizens generally require parents with the authority to significantly influence how they live for a good part of their lives. So, what must the parent-child relationship look like to …
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The Parental Leave Directive : An Exercise In Futility?
… thesis examines issues surrounding the Parental Leave Directive which is the first pan European non-gender specific right for working parents. The history of the emergence of the Parental Leave Directive is traced and there is an analysis of the nature and content of the Directive and …
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Origins and Departures: Childhood in the Liberal Order
… Second, what is the moral basis of the special rights of parents over particular children? And third, when, if ever, are inequalities of education and opportunity justified, when these emerge from decentralized authority over children in families and local communities? Part I: On what grounds do …