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179 x INDEX A abortion, 20 abuse, xvii, 21, 65, 81, 86, 87, 89; drugs and, 84–85; of power, 83; propensity to, xvi; rates of, 73, 77–78; smoking vs., 106 adoption, 94n6; criteria for, xvii, 74–77; gays, lesbians, and, xi; home study and, 75–76; interracial, xi; sexual orientation and, 75; smokers and, 107 adoption study, 76 adulthood: childhood and, x; relationships in, xv allocation, 2–7; responsibility and, 7–15; strategic vs. principled, 9, 10–15, 16–17 Amish families, 85, 86, 113, 114, 136n3, 146 Archard, David, 89, 80, 81 Aronson, Jane, 60 Attis, David, 140, 144 Attis, Yona, 145 autonomy: parental vs. children’s, 126–27, 128 autonomy liberalism, 114–16; Kymlicka’s, 122–26; political vs., 118–35 Aymond quintuplets, 158 B Barth, Richard, 78 Bartky, Sandra, 53 Before the Best Interests of the Child, 90 beliefs, 125; fundamental, xi, 124; parents,’ 38, 115–18, 120–21, 125, 128–35, 152; public policy and, 109, 110, 146, 148, 151, 154n10; religious, 113–15, 117, 120–22, 125, 128–35, 136n12, 137n31, 138, 140, 148, 150–52 Bell, Linda, 59 Berry, Marianne, 78 “best interest of the child” standard, 9, 116 bioethics, xx, 157–65 biological relatedness, 3 Boggs, Judge Danny J., 118, 128, 130 Brown v. Board of Education, 143, 146 C Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 151, 154nn10–11 Canadian Child and Family Services Act, 75 Card, Claudia, 53 caregiving, xv–xvi; children and, 63–65; dependency and, xvi, 52, 54–60, 62; dependent children and, 58–65; friendships and, 47–68; networks and, 65–67; participants in, 66–67; reciprocity and, 54–58; sharing, 51, 66, 67 child liberation, xi, 25, 163 child protection agencies, x children: abandonment of, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28; capabilities of, 34–35; caregivers and (see caregiving); emotional and intellectual needs of, 162–64; happiness and, 51; low-weight, 158; moral development of, 64–65; “normal human development” and, 147–48, 150; as persons , x, xi, xii, 20–21, 92; point of view of, 26, 37–38, 41; as property, 92; protection of, x, xi, xiii, 73–94, 107; raising, 1–17, 34–41; rights of (see children’s rights); second-hand smoke and (see smoking); self-interests of, 32, 41–42, 59, 146–48; special needs, 76; “successful ,” 162; supertwins, 157–60, 163, 165; theory of childhood and, xx–xxi; value of, 21–22, 36–39; welfare of, 23–24, 28–33 Children: Rights and Childhood, xxin2 Children’s Aid Society, 99, 100, 104, 107 children’s rights, xvii–xviii, xxi, 87, 88, 92, 95n22; education and, 99–100, 139–51; second-hand smoke and, 101–10; smoking and, 97–110; third parties and infringements of, 100–101 Chukwu octuplets, 157, 158 civic virtue, 129–30, 132 class, social, xi Code, Lorraine, 48, 49, 53 community, 14, 15, 21–22, 36; Amish (see Amish families); caregiving and, 51; children’s rights and, 99; costs of children to, 27, 37; smoke-free environment and, 108–10; welfare provision by, 29–33 contraception, 91, 95n22 control, 37–38 Covell, Katherine, 79 Crime and Human Nature, 45n11 culture, 3 custody issues, xi, 9, 107 D delinquency, 35–36 dependency: equality and, xvi, 52–56, 60–61; friendships and, 54–62 Dickson, Justice Brian, 141–43 DiQuinzio, Patrice, 51 disabilities, 4, 148, 149, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 161–62 discrimination, 140–42, 151–52 Dixon, Nicholas, 54–55 drugs, xvii; pregnancy and, 157; testing for, 84–85 Dworkin, Richard, 122 E education: children’s interests and, 146–48; children’s rights and (see children’s rights); citizenship and, 142, 143, 146; costs of, 10; First Amendment (U.S.) and, 118; funding of, x, 150; goals of, xii, 143, 144; Holt program and, 114–18, 126–28, 131, 135; law and (see under law); liberalism and, 114–35, 146; mandatory, xi; moral (see moral education); multicultural , 155n34, 156n41; non-school institutions and, 150–51; opt-out remedy and, 117, 118; of parents, 85–86; poisoned environment and, 142, 144, 145, 146, 150, 151; political function of, 140–43, 149–51; prohibited books and, 118, 128; public/state, xiii, 106, 109, 113–35; religious , 34, 43, 113–35; religious freedom and, 139–53; segregated schools and, 146–47; Supreme Court and, 139, 141–44, 146, 149; teachers’ role in (see teachers); tolerance and (see tolerance) egalitarian provision thesis (ept), xiv, 5–7, 16 Emanuel, Ezekiel, 159 entitlements, xiii–xiv, 1, 2–7; allocation of...

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