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Values of child welfare practices

The relationship between parental rights and children’s rights is a fundamentally important issue to the field of child welfare.
Parental rights are quite broad. Our society has clearly determined that, in the vast majority of circumstances, parents should have the authority and responsibility to make decisions in their child’s best interests. However, parental rights are contingent upon a set of conditions that include providing their children minimum levels of care and nurture and an environment…