Crack Children in Foster Care: Re-examining the Balance between Children's Rights and Parent's Rights.

Besharov, Douglas J.; LI. M., J. D.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Crack Children in Foster Care: Re-examining the Balance between Children's Rights and Parent's Rights.

Besharov, Douglas J.; LI. M., J. D.

Children Today, v19 n4 p21-25,35 Jul-Aug 1990

Discusses the effect that fetal exposure to cocaine and other drugs is having on infants and small children. Disputes the most widely cited estimate of the numbers of crack babies. Calls for restructuring foster care, group home placement, adoption, and general social welfare provision. Termination of parental rights is difficult but probably necessary for the sake of the children. (GH)

Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Crack, Drug Abuse, Foster Care, Kinship, Mortality Rate, Neonates, Parent Rights, Prenatal Drug Exposure, Social Problems, State Surveys, Substance Abuse, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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