From Property to Person Status: Historical Perspective on Children's Rights.

Hart, Stuart N.

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ERIC Number: EJ425161

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Publication Date: 1991

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From Property to Person Status: Historical Perspective on Children's Rights.

Hart, Stuart N.

American Psychologist, v46 n1 p53-59 Jan 1991

Discusses the evolution of children's rights in Western nations. Children have progressed from property to partial person status. The movement toward greater self-determination for children will require the expertise of psychologists in assessing individual levels of development. (DM)

Descriptors: Child Health, Child Labor, Child Rearing, Children, Civil Liberties, History, Laws, Parent Child Relationship, Psychologists, Self Determination, Treaties

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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