What really constitute the best interest of the child?
This is a million dollar question...
Read on to get more on this...
On many ocassions instead of focusing on the interest of the child, they tend to focus of the interets of the adults.
Some inexperienced social workers too tend to get carried away with the interests of other parties and focus largely on furthering the interests of the adults instead of those of children.
This has resulted in many children being disadvantaged or being prejudiced...
Thes best interest of the child should always be given paramount consideration in all respect...
Is this happening, practically on the ground?
What is happening is that the best interest of the adult seems to be taking precedence over everything.
It is critical to assess what is best for the child before addressing the needs of the adults who happen to be trying to assist the child. This happens in many cases of adoption of children or custody cases.
The best interest of the child looks at his health, economical, social, psychological, emotional etc of the child.
It is important to always keep the focus on the child and not the adult who brought the matter before the social workers or before the court.
Do we really know what the best interest of the child is?
Let's hear your opinion on this one..
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