In their best interest?
Subtitle: the case against equal rights for children
By: Laura M. Purdy.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Children's rights; Child development; Children -- Legal status, laws, etc
Description: From the Publisher: From where they live and which school they attend to whether they may work, children's decisions are controlled by parents and guardians. Advocates of equal rights for children have, however, offered both empirical evidence and ethical arguments against the popular assumption that children are incompetent to exercise the same freedoms as adults.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-256) and index.