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A 4 page research paper that examines the history and current direction of the children's rights movement. The writer looks at the effect of this movement on the family and parental rights, as well as the direction required for the future. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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will ensure a better future for all societies. The following examination of the history of childrens rights also examines the effect of this movement on the family and parental rights,
as well as the direction required for the future. Prior to the sixteenth century, the conceptualization of childhood and children, as they are known today, simply did not exist. By
the time children reached the age of seven, the tendency was to treat them as adults and it was their competency, rather than their age, that determined what they
were allowed to do (Hart and Pavlovic 345). Children had low value within society. They were neglected, abandoned, abused (sexually and otherwise), sold into slavery, mutilated and could even be
killed with virtual impunity (Hart and Pavlovic 345). In the modern era, children have moved from being perceived as non-entities or miniature adults to being recognized as a special class
of human being with inherent rights and needs (Hart and Pavlovic 345). They have moved from property status to recognition of their individual personhood (Hart and Pavlovic 345). As
recently as the nineteenth century, American law still perceived children as chattel, that is, as property belonging to their parents (Cohn 88). It was not until 1874 that abused
children received any sort of legal recognition. This occurred with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals argued in court that a little girl was covered under
the laws that barred cruelty to animals (Cohn 88). In 1967, the US Supreme court ruled that suspected juvenile delinquents have the same right to counsel as adult defendants
(Cohn 88). Since that beginning, the American legal system has moved toward treating minors more and more as having the same rights as full citizens (Cohn 88). This is
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