Chapter 6 Child Welfare and the Status of Children Requiring Support and Care

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Introduction: Children’s Rights 1
6. Policy and Practice Areas
7. Do Canadian Education Practices Respect the Rights of the Child? 17
8. Parenting Education and Support 35
9. Promising Policies, Ambiguous Practices 55
10. Young People, Justice, and Children’s Rights in Canada 87
11. Child Welfare and the Status of Children Requiring Support and Care 107
12. Assessing the Rights and Realities of War-Affected Refugee Children in Canada 131
13. Children and the Law
14. The Supreme Court of Canada and the Convention 161
15. More Than a Symbol Canada’s Legal Justification of Corporal Punishment of Children 179
16. A Children’s Rights Perspective on “Wrongful Life” Disability Medical Negligence Cases 205
17. The Extraordinary Cases of J. J. and Makayla Sault 223
18. Participation Rights, Status, and Recognition
19. Participation Rights of the Child At the Crossroads of Citizenship 241
20. Canadian Child and Youth Advocates’ Roles in Supporting Children’s Rights 267
21. Shaking the Movers 293
22. Conclusion 315
23. About the Contributors 337
24. Index 343
25. Books in the Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada Series 362