The Responsibility of Parenthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9752197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert J Wilkin (justice of the Children's Court, Brooklyn, N. Y., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1910 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-70 |
| Publication date | 1910-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271621003600112 |
| OpenAlex | W2006245202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
It is interesting to us all who have given any consideration to the present provisions of law, relative to the care of neglected, destitute or delinquent children to notice the really recent recognition by the public of the necessity for the special study of this subject. Some one has said that if the present age was to be recognized in some special way, it perhaps would best be known as the Children's Age, for such an awakening to the necessities for their special care and protection has not been before seen in this world, so far as we know. To be sure, the law had considered the disposition of the property of infants and made special effort to safeguard and protect this. It had provided also with a great deal of precision for the care, education and happiness of those children who were endowed with property and was jealous to look after their rights. The law had been particular to regulate the relationship between parents themselves and their children; in fact, it seemed that the law considered every phase of the question of the interest of a child, so long as he or she might be entitled either by relationship or property rights to a financial or social standing. If, however, none of these particularly interesting and desirable qualifications being in existence, the child should be found destitute either on the highways or elsewhere, should it be in the custody of a drunken or otherwise brutal parent or guardian, should it be under any other disability, the law seemed to feel that it was none of its business, nor was it called upon to concern itself in the regulation of such cases as might occur. This was not so much due I think to the fact that the peoples of the world were less considerate of the unfortunate child and its sufferings, as it was to the fact that the legal system of government in most countries was based on the plan of the family, and, therefore, the laws all pointed to recognize, uphold and regulate this particular phase. Even in this country, which sought almost from its beginning to be developed along the line of the special protection and (64)
Political science · Sociology · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |