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Clarke, Paul T.; Heavin, Heather; Walker, Keith – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
In this article, we use a recent Manitoba child custody case to provide a legal and ethical account of the notion of the best interests of the child. We explore the tension between the best interests of the child and parental rights to expression of a racist nature. We consider how the interests of different actors--the state, parents and…
Descriptors: Parent Rights, Childrens Rights, Child Rearing, Child Custody
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Otten, Roy; Wanner, Brigitte; Vitaro, Frank; Engels, Rutger C. M. E. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This study examined the role of friends' attitudes in adolescent smoking (N = 203). Growth mixture modeling was used to identify three trajectories of smoking behavior from ages 12 to 14 years: a "low-rate" group, an "increasing-rate" group, and a "high-rate" group. Adolescents' own and their friends' attitudes at age…
Descriptors: Smoking, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents, Student Attitudes