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Children Without Parental Care

Nurullah Çalış (Giresun University, Turkey)

Being a Child in a Global World

ISBN: 978-1-80117-241-7, eISBN: 978-1-80117-240-0

Publication date: 30 September 2022

Abstract

Parents are children's first line of protection. However, millions of children all over the world experience a lack of parental care. The reasons for this separation are varied, such as poverty, being abused and neglected, the death of parents, being abandoned, trafficking, migration, living on the street, being displaced or health issues. From the child's rights perspective, parental care is a priority for a child's best interest. In this respect, most countries have social protection policies to support families with their children. When parental care is not possible, states generally take responsibility by providing appropriate services, including residential care, kinship care, foster care, other forms of family-based care or adoption. Within this framework, this study aims to provide an overview of the world's children who lack parental care in the light of the theoretical background and the latest research.

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Citation

Çalış, N. (2022), "Children Without Parental Care", Yerdelen, B.K., Elbeyoğlu, K., Sirkeci, O., Işıkçı, Y.M., Grima, S. and Dalli Gonzi, R.E. (Ed.) Being a Child in a Global World, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 141-147. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-240-020221014

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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