Children's Rights in the United States

Nancy Walker Perry, Catherine M. Brooks, both at Creighton University and Lawrence S. Wrightsman, University of Kansas, Lawrence

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS Children Are Persons... Or Are They? An Introduction to the Issues From Property to Personhood An Historical and Contextual Perspective on the Rights of Children Getting It Right The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Differing Views Perspectives on Children's Rights and Competencies PART TWO: A PATCHWORK OF POLICIES There's No Place Like Home The Rights of Children within the Family When Parents Are Not Enough The Rights of Children in the Social Service System Being Patient with Patients The Rights of Children in the Health Care System Lessons Learned The Rights of Children in the Educational System On Guilt and Gault The Rights of Children in the Juvenile Justice System Working It Out The Rights of Children in Employment Concluding Comments Children Are Persons!