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Families and the state: two-way support and responsibilities: an inquiry into the relationship between the state and the family in the upbringing of children
- Author:
- COMMISSION ON FAMILIES AND THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 108p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
An inquiry into the relationship between the state and the family in the upbringing of children from the Commission on Families and the Wellbeing of Children. In examining the dividing line between family autonomy and legitimate state intervention, and the scope of the state's obligations to support families, the Commission has been guided by the Human Rights Act 1998 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989. Families and the state. This report was published in 2005 following the Commission's inquiry into the relationship between the state and family in the upbringing of children. The report calls for a new ethic of care in public policy to support family relationships and children's wellbeing. It highlights the substantial minorities who are faced with poverty, poor mental health and inequalities in physical health and education. It recommends a framework of universal family services to which all parents and families would be legally entitled, as well as specialist support for families in conflict or with series difficulties that carry greatest risks of harming children's development.