Homework help: is there a law protecting kids .....

[FINFAN]

DS has to write a paper and his question is " What human rights are violated by a single parent that has more children than they can afford?" ( and no, the paper isn't on Octomom )
I'm in the process of searching but thought I'd ask here as well!
Thanks for any helpers out there!



Pam

 

[minkydog]

Wow, I wouldn't touch this with a ten-foot pole. Tell your son good luck with his paper.

 

[FINFAN]

well, looking for a legal term, or law....believe me, if it were a descriptive paper...

 

[The Mystery Machine]

The answer is a puppy mill.

 

[AshleyW]

Article 25, section 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."

If the mother can't afford those basic things for her children, she is violating their human rights.

ETA: Here's the link to the whole thing: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

 

[a1tinkfans]

DS has to write a paper and his question is " What human rights are violated by a single parent that has more children than they can afford?" ( and no, the paper isn't on Octomom )
I'm in the process of searching but thought I'd ask here as well!
Thanks for any helpers out there!



Pam

WOW! school starts tomorrow by me.....PLEASE, tell me this is for a HS Senior or above.......

 

[JimFitz]

DS has to write a paper and his question is " What human rights are violated by a single parent that has more children than they can afford?" ( and no, the paper isn't on Octomom )
I'm in the process of searching but thought I'd ask here as well!
Thanks for any helpers out there!



Pam

This really depends on what class it's for and the students age.

 

[FINFAN]

It's for English class, ( not an AP class either, just regular English 2) and my son is a Sophomore (15)

 

[FINFAN]

Article 25, section 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."

If the mother can't afford those basic things for her children, she is violating their human rights.

ETA: Here's the link to the whole thing: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

THANK YOU!

 

[JimFitz]

It's for English class, and my son is a Sophomore (15)

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[AshleyW]

THANK YOU!

No problem I hated homework in high school, but now that I'm done I love it. You said this was for English class.. are they reading a book that goes along with this kind of topic or something?

 

[FINFAN]

You know, I just asked the same thing, because I though it was a little too specific ( and odd) for just a random essay...they had finished reading :The House on Mango Street" and one of the poems/sections was on a single mother with too many kids, I bet that is it...but DS isn't sure...just wants to get it done ( not a fan of school) It's either that or the teacher has an interst in Ocotomom maybe..lol....

 

[AshleyW]

Ahh. Okay that all makes sense now. I've read "The House on Mango Street" .. very good collection of vignettes, and that topic would tie into it. Although the teacher tying it into octomom would be pretty interesting as well...

 

[FINFAN]

He's finished...we'll see what the teacher thinks by the end of the week...now he better remember to send it to "turnitin.com" to verify no plagiarism( sp? ) all these steps kids have to do these days. My 30th HS reunion is this June,,,a LOT has changed in 30 years!

 

[barkley]

the term for what was described for you in a post above is 'MBSAC'-Minimum, Basic, Standard of Adequate Care. It is used by social services as a a sort of "bar test"-if a family unit (including intact mom/dad w/kids family) fails the mbsac test they are eligible to services to assist them in meeting their minimum requirements.

there are actualy mbsac charts that are used to show how much the feds say a family of varying sizes needs financialy in certain areas (food, shelter, utilities, clothing) to ensure mbsac is achieved.