 | Laurie C. Miller M.D. - 2004 - 464 Seiten
...conference, Theodore Roosevelt stated, "Home life is the highest and finest product of civilization. Children should not be deprived of it except for urgent and compelling reasons." " Foster care theoretically offers considerable advantages over institutional life but is not without... | |
 | United States. President - 1917 - 596 Seiten
...conference was expressed in these words: Home life is the highest and finest product of civilization. Children should not be deprived of it except for urgent and compelling reasons. Surely poverty alone should not disrupt the home. Parents of good character suffering from temporary... | |
 | Maris A. Vinovskis - 2005 - 219 Seiten
...Conference on Children, held in 1909, declared that home life was "the finest product of civilization. Children should not be deprived of it except for urgent and compelling reasons. Except in unusual circumstances, the home should not be broken for reasons of poverty."16 Despite this... | |
 | Catherine Reef - 2005 - 156 Seiten
...children in their own homes. "Home life is the highest and finest product of civilization," they wrote. "Children should not be deprived of it except for urgent and compelling reasons." Poverty alone was not a compelling reason for removing children from their homes, they said. Parents... | |
 | John E. B. Myers - 2006 - 320 Seiten
...York City. These luminaries and the other experts in attendance joined voices to proclaim, "Home life is the highest and finest product of civilization....be deprived of it except for urgent and compelling reasons."23 With this fundamental precept in mind, the conferees made thirteen recommendations that... | |
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Home life is the highest and finest product of civilization. It is the great molding force of mind and character. Children should not be deprived of it except for urgent and compelling reasons. 
