@article{ref1,
title="Toward a reorientation of values and practice in child welfare",
journal="Child psychiatry and human development",
year="1997",
author="Onheiber, M. D.",
volume="27",
number="3",
pages="151-164",
abstract="The failure of the child welfare system to adequately protect and promote the best interests of children stems from social and cultural values over-emphasizing parental rights and devaluing children. This is the result of longstanding cultural norms aided by post-modernist trends. Greater emphasis on the best interests of the child and practical measures in dependency proceedings will improve case outcomes, and indirectly contribute toward a shift in cultural values. However, only effective prevention measures aimed at enhancing the crucial role of parents will have a wide-spread effect in reducing child abuse and neglect. The enunciation of basic parental standards through parental licensure and national economic policies favoring parental commitment to children are such measures.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-398X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}