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Child Advocacy and Family Privacy
Author(s) -
Feshbach Seymour,
Feshbach Norma Deitch
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1978.tb01037.x
Subject(s) - openness to experience , autonomy , extant taxon , socialization , isolation (microbiology) , social psychology , psychology , mechanism (biology) , function (biology) , proposition , internet privacy , public relations , political science , law , epistemology , evolutionary biology , computer science , biology , philosophy , microbiology and biotechnology
The paper is addressed to the proposition that the current norm of privacy surrounding child‐rearing practices should be shifted in the direction of greater openness and freer communication. The rationale for this proposal is considered in terms of society's responsibility toward the child and in terms of current psychological and legal views of the function of privacy. It is suggested that the degree of extant physical and psychological child abuse coupled with the isolation of the nuclear family make it imperative that both parents and the community have an opportunity for a dialogue in regard to socialization strategies, particularly methods of discipline. A voluntary mechanism is described to accomplish this limited objective while leaving intact privacy boundaries necessary to protect family intimacy, communication, and autonomy.