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Reading Head: Module 3: Child Welfare 1 Module 3: Child Welfare SOCW 2362 Skylar Callaham Due:7/7/22 Professor Bertha Kondrak

Reading Head: Module 3: Child Welfare 2 Child Welfare The conservative view emphasizes that the family is the basic unit of society, and that the government should not intervene in family affairs. The liberal view emphasizes the importance of social welfare programs and government intervention to protect children from maltreatment. Both perspectives emphasize the importance of individual responsibility and the need to address the root causes of child maltreatment. The 1921 Maternity and Infant Protection Act of Sheppard-Towner and National Child Labor Committee Act of 1916 were the first tow pieces of legislation to change the way children were treated in the United States. These two pieces of law aided in the creation of new programs and agencies to assist enhance the health and welfare of mothers and newborns, as well as improved working and living situations for children. Conservative and liberal perspectives differentiate between four levels of causative factors: biological, psychological, social/environmental, and moral. For example, biological factors are primarily thought to be genetic in origin which leads to a child being more susceptible or resistant to abuse or neglect. Psychological influences involve environmental and lifestyle choices that may increase the likelihood of child maltreatment because these factors can either entice an abuser or prevent abused child from triggering another act of abuse. Social and environmental problems also may contribute to child maltreatment as they allow adults to have control over a young offender’s life by giving them free rein while potentially providing them with power and resources. Moral factors include not only external expectations but also internal desires that can cause youth to do things against their will. Conservative and liberal perspectives on child maltreatment emphasize four levels of causative factors. They differ

Reading Head: Module 3: Child Welfare 3 in the emphasis placed on these factors. Conservative theorists stress the importance of some sort of environment, such as growing up in an abusive home, while liberals believe that maltreatment is caused by a combination of all four levels. Both liberals and conservatives agree on the need to educate children about child abuse; however, they disagree on how best to accomplish this goal. Those who support education include conservatives who feels that more money should be spent on prevention programs, such as more involved parent-teacher relationship at school or paid parental leave for expecting mothers; however, liberals feel this approach will not impact abusers because they are deemed to be bad parents regardless. The National Child Labor Committee Act of 1916 created the United States’ first official body to study and report on children’s working circumstances to help states with maternity and infant care in developing and improving maternal and child health care facilities and services. Both pieces of legislation were critical in helping to improve children’s general care in the United States. They assisted to set new norms and laws regulating the working and living situations of children, as well as give new resources and initiatives to help enhance the health and welfare of mothers and newborns. References:  Wilkins, D., Shemmings, D., & Pascoe, C. (2019). Ebook: Child Abuse: An evidence base for confident practice. McGraw-Hill Education (UK).

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