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Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity

The book envisions legal and social change in which policies and practice protect children's ... more The book envisions legal and social change in which policies and practice protect children's sense of belonging, dignify their narratives, protect their need to be authentic beings and nourish hope for change and growth in children at risk and their families.

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity, 2016

International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2004

This article proposes redefining the child's right to identity as a right to state protection of ... more This article proposes redefining the child's right to identity as a right to state protection of ties meaningful to the child. Its main arguments are, in essence: (1) Such a right should protect the development of an authentic individual by seeking the child's wishes and feelings concerning their ties. (2) Protection of an individualized identity necessitates exploration of culture as a context of personal meaning which cannot be equated with cultural sensitivity as commonly perceived. (3) Consequently, preferential protection of the child's ties to a minority culture or to individuals affiliated to it is seen as violating the proposed right. (4) The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child reaffirms commitment to a dynamic child-constructed identity. (5) Protection of the proposed right reflects, protects and creates a social reality in which children's lives may be imbued with personal meaning. A discussion of two English cases demonstrates these arguments.

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity, 2016

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 2005

The authors claim that the recognition of interdependence as a guiding principle of child and fam... more The authors claim that the recognition of interdependence as a guiding principle of child and family policy has the potential to transform legal systems to make them less punitive and more constructive, less judgmental towards individuals and more empathic to the protection of relationships and self-constructed identities. By embracing the notion of interdependence, our societies can be moved toward greater recognition of our common humanity to the great benefit of children and their families, particularly those who are most vulnerable. Four lenses are articulated in this paper: Therapeutic jurisprudence, preventive law, family systems theory, and culture. The paper shows how these lenses point toward more supportive rather than punitive types of interventions in the lives of children and their families. The paper demonstrates that, despite the fact that questionable parental behavior may initially engender feelings of anger and aversion, an empathic public response-one that recognizes the reality of the interdependence between parents and children-not only comports with current enlightened interdisciplinary approaches, but also promotes child and family

Alongside the child’s need “to become,” to develop and change, to fulfill dreams and plans, there... more Alongside the child’s need “to become,” to develop and change, to fulfill dreams and plans, there is another need. This is the child’s need to be his authentic self and to be recognized as “somebody” when simply being that self. A children’s rights regime should ideally be responsive to the complementary needs “to be” and the need “to become” within the right to identity. Granting the right to autonomy, responding to the child’s need “to become,” and overcoming adult paternalism is often perceived as the most advanced and most problematic stage in the evolution of child law. This perception is misleading. The need to be one’s self is sometimes neglected by advocates of children’s rights, though it is well embedded in social science literature. It is suggested that this is because of Western culture’s preoccupation with material progress. In order for the child to fulfill his unique human potential, to arise to a supra animal motivation when exercising his rights, we must offer the c...

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity, 2016

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity, 2016

International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2004

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity, 2016

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 2005

Re-understanding the Child’s Right to Identity, 2016

JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. This content downloaded from 132.72.138.1 on Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:58:25 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms ‫תריקס‬ ‫םירפס‬ ‫םישדח‬ 153 ‫םשב‬ ‫תבוט‬ ‫דליה‬ -‫ןדבוא‬ ‫לבסו‬ ‫יכילהב‬ ‫ץומיא‬ ‫י‬ ‫ילימ‬ ‫םסאמ‬ ‫לת‬ ‫:ביבא‬ ‫תאצוה‬ ‫.גנילסר‬ 283.

I explore children's rights starting from films and moving to everyday experience of my self and ... more I explore children's rights starting from films and moving to everyday experience of my self and my students intertwining from the first moment personal narrative with theoretical knowledge offering a hands on approach