Contents PARTⅠ : FOUNDATIONS 1. Children Are Persons... Or Are They? An Introduction to the Issues - Introduction - Trends in Supreme Court Decisions Regarding Children's Rights - U.S. Policy on Children's Rights : Does It Exist? - Thesis and Purpose of This Book 2. From Property to Personhood : A Historical and Contextual Perspective on the Righst of Children - Worldwide Status of Children Today - View Toward children's Rights 3. Getting It Right : The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - Elements of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child - Ratification of the U.N. convention on the Rights of the Child - How Does the U.N. Convention Relate to U.S. Law? - Current Status of the U.N. Convention in the United States 4. Differing Views : Perspectives on Children's Rights and Competencies - Perspectives on Children's Rights - Conceptual Distinctions among Rights to Protection, Self-Determination, and Entitlement - Measurement of Attitudes Toward Children's Rights - Development of competence in Decision Making - Balancing the Rights of Children PART Ⅱ : A PATCHWORK OF POLICIES 5. There's No Place Like Home : The Rights of Children Within the Family - The Conflict Between Parents' Rights and Children's Rights - Children's Rights in Custody Decisions - The Rights to Sue : Children's Self-Determination Within the Family - Grandparents' Rights - Recommendations Regarding the Rights of Children Within the Family 6. When Parents Are Not Enough : The Rights of Children in the Social Service System - Role of the State in Protecting Children's Rights within the Family - When Parents Cannot Adequately Provide for Their Children - When Parents Harm Their Own Children - When Children Are Relinquished by Their Parents - Recommendations Regarding the Rights of Children in the Social Service System 7. Being Patient With Patients : The Rights of Children in the Health Care System - Why Children's Voices Typically Are Not Heard - The competing Rights of Parents, Children, and the State - Children's Rights in Medical Care - Children's Competence to participate in Medical Decision Making - Children's Rights in Mental Health Care - Recommendations Regarding the Rights of Children in the Health Care System 8. Lessons Learned : The Rights of Children in the Educational System - The Purpose of Education - Why Is Education Important? - What Constitutes an Education? - Do Children Have a Rights to Be Educated? - Do Children Have a Rights Not to Be Educated? - Children's Rights Regarding Specific Educational Issues - Children's Capacity to Make Decisions Regarding Their Educational Rights - Recommendations Regarding the Rights of Children in the Educational System 9. On Guilt and Gault : The Rights of Children in the Juvenile Justice System - The Child Is a Person Before the Constitution - Almost - The Juvenile Court After Gerald Gault - The Transfer to Adult Court - Juvenile Crime and the Death Penalty - Children as Legal Witnesses - Recommendations Regarding the Rights of Children in the Juvenile Justice System 10.Working It Out : The Rights of Children in Employment