title: The child's right to a family environment. Why children's rights and family values are compatible.
abstract: Critics of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (U.N. General Assembly, 1989) have lobbied against its ratification on the grounds that its impact in the United States would be antifamily. Careful reading of the Convention shows, however, that it not only is supportive of strong families but offers a creative and conceptually coherent foundation for government action to promote and protect family life.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA. gmelton@vm.sc.edu
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Melton
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D012945:Social Values; D014480:United Nations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States