TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Toward a reorientation of values and practice in child welfare
JO  - Child psychiatry and human development
A1  - Onheiber, M. D.
SP  - 151
EP  - 164
VL  - 27
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-398X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -