Discipline of the Child – Corporal Punishment: A Scientific Review of its Use in Discipline
This policy paper from the American College of Pediatricians examines corporal punishment by examining the discipline process and reviewing the current research related to parental disciplinary spanking.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• American College of Pediatricians • December 2007

Guidelines for Parental Use of Disciplinary Spanking
This brief outlines the American College of Pediatricians’ guidelines for parental corporal discipline.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• American College of Pediatricians • 2007

Evaluation of the services provided under the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act: Summary Report
This report evaluates the effectiveness of Alberta’s Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act that allows parents to force children under 18 into a five day detoxification program.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission • 2007

Parent’s Involvement in their Children’s Learning and Schools
This paper reviews policies and practices concerning parental involvement in education in the UK.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• National Family and Parenting Institute • January 2006

Love, Marriage, and the Baby Carriage: Revisiting the Channelling Function of Family Law
This paper examines how the law has responded to changes in the traditional social sequence of love, marriage and procreation.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• SSRN Electronic Paper Collection • April 4, 2007

Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream 2nd edition
This paper examines home schooling in Canada, defining what it is and who chooses to educate at home.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Fraser Institute • October 2007

Research Facts on Homeschooling
This fact sheet provides research about those who choose to educate at home.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• National Home Education Research Institute • July 10, 2006

On the Receiving End: Young Adults Describe their Parent’s Use of Physical Punishment and Other Disciplinary Measures During Childhood
This study examines the prevalence, nature and context of physical punishment and other forms of parental discipline experienced during childhood by a study group of adults in New Zealand.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The New Zealand Medical Journal • January 27, 2006

Work-life Balance
This fact sheet provides statistical information about how working families in Great Britain balance work and family life.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Family and Parenting Institute • November 2006

Protecting Parental Liberty in a Child-Centered Legal System
This paper analyzes the balance between parental autonomy and the state's responsibility in protecting children from parental abuse.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • July 27, 2005

Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles
This online book outlines ten principles why marriage is good for society and policies that need to be adopted to make marriage more attractive.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Witherspoon Institute • June 2006

Making Marriage Matter
This lecture highlights the efforts of Frank Keating (the Governor of Oklahoma) to strengthen families and strengthen marriage in Oklahoma.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Heritage Foundation • September 27, 2000

Motherhood, Fatherhood: The Legal Balance
This article discusses the needs of children and parents within a divorce.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • December 1991

Family Mediation Canada Consultation on Custody, Access and Child Support
This report summarizes survey feedback from mediators regarding their perceptions of and suggestions on custody, access, and federal child support guidelines.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

Court Affirms Natural Basis for Family: Johnson-Steeves v. Lee, Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Action No. 9501 03160
This paper summarizes and comments on a case in which a woman claimed she did not have to provide a father access to his son because she became pregnant with the intention that the father would not be involved in the son’s life.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • May 27, 1997

Why Do We Condone the Physical Assault of Children by their Parents and Caregivers?
In this paper the authors examine the legal sanction of the physical punishment of children in Australia, and outline what they believe to be acceptable and moral guidelines for the discipline of children.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Australian Childhood Foundation • July 1999

Disciplining Children in Québec: Parenting Norms and Practices in 2004
This paper describes the results of a survey that investigated prevalence trends in mothers' attitudes towards and use of non-violent punishment, physical violence, and psycholgocial aggression to discipline their children in Quebec.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Institut de la Statistique du Québec, • 2005

Parental Rights: Why They Matter and How They're Being Ignored
This paper discusses the history of parental rights and the current trends in education, medicine, and visitation rights that demonstrate that parental rights are being ignored.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• North Carolina Family Policy Council • October 2003

The Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law V. The Attorney Gereral of Canada
This is the appeal court's ruling on whether or not Parliament's decision not to criminalize corporal punishment violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Court of Appeal for Ontario • January 15, 2002

Where is Government Taking the Family?
This article investigates recent marriage, parenting and same-sex legislation in New Zealand, specifically the Family Commissions Bill and the Care of Children Bill.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Maxim Institute • Spring 2003

Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
This article outlines the provisions of the Adoption and Safe Families Act and how it will improve the adoption process, keep children safe, and promote adoption and other permanency options in the US.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Children's Defense Fund • Spring 2000

Family and Medical Leave: Making Time for Family is Everyone's Business
This paper describes how the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was passed, what it achieved, and how medical policies can be further improved to help more working families.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Future of Children • Spring/Summer 2001

Child Support Enforcement and Domestic Violence among Non-Cohabiting Couples
This paper examines the relationship between state policies on the enforcement of child support orders and the risk of domestic violence among parents who are not living together.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • Revised October 2003

Supporting Disabled Adults as Parents
This research brief outlines strategies to improve support and assistance for disabled parents.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • November 2004

New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v. G. (J.), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 46
This court decision deals with a parent's right to an attorney funded by the state, when the state is seeking to remove the parent's child from the home.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Canadian Legal Information Institute • September 10, 1999

Convention on the Rights of the Child
This United Nations' resolution builds on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to further the rights of the child ...
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights • November 20, 1990

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
This United Nations Resolution goes further than recognizing the rights of the individual and the "Human Family".
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights • December 16, 1966

Canadian Attitudes on Spanking - 1999
An Angus Reid/Globe and Mail/CTV poll in November 1999 determined that the vast majority of Canadians believe that spanking should not be made a criminal offence
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Angus Reid Group • 1999

Child Support Enforcement: How Well is it Doing?
This paper explores the issue of child support and looks specifically at parental views on payment, and on the government's role in enforcement.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Urban Institute • December 01, 1999

CAPTA Successes and Failures at Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
This document discusses the issues related to child abuse including the rights of the child as opposed to the rights of the parent, the rights and responsibilities of the state, and actions that the government can take in order to prevent or limit child abuse in the future.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Heritage Foundation • August 02, 2001

Cohabiting Parents' Experience of Relationships and Separation
This paper studies the cohabiting relationship, why people choose to cohabit, cohabiters' views on marriage, and the legal and parenting challenges cohabiting couples face after separation.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • April 01, 2000

Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (Attorney General)
This court decision of July 5, 2000 deals with section 43 of the Criminal Code -- reasonable discipline (corporal punishment)-- and examines the extent to which parents and teachers may use force to correct children.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Ontario Court of Appeal • July 05, 2000

A Global Review of Laws on Induced Abortion, 1985-1997
This article uses abortion statistics and country laws to determine the availability of safe and affordable abortion services in 152 nations.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 1998

Government and Parenting: Is There a Case for a Policy Review and a Parents' Code?
This report addresses such issues as financial support, child care assistance, and the definition of who is a parent.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2003

Working With the Courts in Child Protection
This paper takes an extensive look at child maltreatment and the protective services and judicial practices relating to this particular crime.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • 1992

Making Fathers Count: Assessing the Progress of Responsible Fatherhood Efforts
This paper reviews past studies done on fatherhood and the impact of father absence on the well-being and development of children.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • 2002

Young Families, Social Risk and the Role of Government
This paper discusses the increasing social, economic, and family related risks facing young families such as the challenge of parenting, and work-life balance.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • October 03, 2003

Locking up Parents? A Response to the Government' Consultation on the Physical Punishment of Children
This paper, published by the Christian Institute, presents a Biblical perspective on corporal punishment (spanking).
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• The Christian Institute • April 01, 2000

Chamberlain v. School District #36 (Surrey)
This Supreme Court decision reviews the legality of three books with homosexual content to be a part of the Surrey School District Curriculum.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Canadian Legal Information Institute • December 16, 1998

Winnipeg Child and Family Services (Northwest Area) v. G. (D.F.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 925
This Supreme Court decision deals with the state's jurisdiction to confine a pregnant woman in order to safeguard the health of the unborn child.
• Category: Public Policy > Parental Rights
• Canadian Legal Information Institute • October 31, 1997