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6 Whittier J. Child. & Fam. Advoc. 291 (2006-2007)
Stronger Rights for Parents and Some Affirmative Rights for Children - No Problem: Changing How We Look at the Family

handle is hein.journals/wjcfad6 and id is 295 raw text is: STRONGER RIGHTS FOR PARENTS AND SOME AFFIRMATIVE RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN? NO PROBLEM: CHANGING HOW WE LOOK AT THE FAMILY JAMES A. COSBY* I. INTRODUCTION Reconciling the parent-child-state relationship is an age-old dilemma: How does the law keep the government out of the family - but do so without completely ignoring the needs of who may often be quite helpless children? Or, seen from a slightly different perspective: How can the law recognize the basic well-being of children - but in terms narrow enough so as not to undermine parental autonomy in the home? While staying out of the personal lives of citizens and deferring to the rights of parents is the obvious solution in the vast majority of cases, the parent-child-state relationship presents challenges as difficult as any that our courts face. In fact, the Supreme Court has never been able to determine the exact metes and bounds of the individual * B.A., 1996, University of Washington; J.D., 2000, Temple University Beasley School of Law. The author is a staff attorney with South Jersey Legal Services, Inc., in Atlantic City. The ideas and opinions expressed in this Article are the author's alone. I would like to thank Dr. Roberto Schiraldi, EdD, LCADC, of Princeton University for his invaluable input, and The Kent Bangers and the many others that have supported me. I can be contacted at jcosby@lsnj.org with questions or comments regarding this Article.

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