{"product_id":"hidden-in-plain-sight-9780691146218","title":"Hidden in Plain Sight","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells the tragic story of children's rights in America. This title asks why the United States, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2009 APSA's Best Book Award, Human Rights Section \"With this thoroughly annotated, well-written book, Woodhouse performs an admirable job in helping readers to understand the complicated and ambiguous issue of children's rights in the US. Documenting some of the most egregious examples of the abuse and neglect of children with stories both personal and universal, she leads readers down the historical trail of legislative and judicial decisions made on children's behalf, and suggests others ripe for the making.\"--J. C. Altman, Choice \"This book is timely. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tragedy of Children's Rights ... will serve as a guide for all professions involved with children. The author has provided a discussion of the elemental rights of children, using historical narratives to illustrate the presence and lack of rights afforded them... It is an important book and hopefully will result in definitive guidelines that will include needs-based and capacity-based standards that the legal, economic, and psychosocial professions can apply in determining the best interests of children.\"--Viola Mecke, PsychCRITIQUES \"This is a substantive book from an academic perspective while maintaining a very readable dialogue. And for absolute certainty, wherever you stand or thought you stood on the issue of children's rights, once you have read this book, you will never look at a children's story the same again.\"--Elizabeth Falter, Nursing Administration Quarterly \"[Woodhouse] provides a narrative balanced with historical examples, including Anne Frank and the children of Dred Scott, as well as contemporary examples, like children of illegal immigrants, to explain the need for a defined structure of children's rights in the United States. Recognizing the ways that America has failed its children, Woodhouse advocates for a much-needed perspective and commitment when it comes to thinking about how we treat our country's most vulnerable youth... As a founder and director of the Center on Children and Families at the University of Florida and the Chair in Family Law at the University of Florida Levin, Woodhouse is uniquely situated to write about advocating for children's rights.\"--Erika Asgiersson, Campus Progress.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations ix  Foreword by Ruth O'Brien xi  Preface xv      Introduction: Ain't I a Person? 1  Chapter 1: How to Think about Childhood 15  Chapter 2: How to Think about Children's Rights 29      Part 1: The Privacy Principle: Stories of Bondage and Belonging  Chapter 3: Boys in Slavery and Servitude: Frederick Douglass 51  Chapter 4: Girls at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender: Dred Scott's Daughters 75  Chapter 5: Growing Up in State Custody: \"Tony\" and \"John G.\" 93      Part 2: The Agency Principle: Stories of Voice and Participation  Chapter 6: The Printer's Apprentice: Ben Franklin and Youth Speech 111  Chapter 7: Youth in the Civil Rights Movement: John Lewis and Sheyann Webb 133      Part 3: The Equality Principle: Stories of Equal Opportunity  Chapter 8: Old Maids and Little Women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather 159  Chapter 9: Breaking the Prison of Disability: Helen Keller and the Children of \"Greenhaven\" 180      Part 4: The Dignity Principle: Stories of Resistance and Resilience  Chapter 10: Hide and Survive: Anne Frank and \"Liu\" 213  Chapter 11: Children at Work: Newsboys, Entrepreneurs, and \"Evelyn\" 234      Part 5: The Protection Principle: Stories of Guilt and Innocence  Chapter 12: Telling the Scariest Secrets: Maya Angelou and \"Jeannie\" 259  Chapter 13: Age and the Idea of Innocence: \"Amal\" and Lionel Tate 279  CONCLUSION: The Future of Rights 304      Notes 315  Bibliography 337  Index 349","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403776074071,"sku":"9780691146218","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691146218.jpg?v=1730484508","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hidden-in-plain-sight-9780691146218","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}