PARENS PATRIAE IS WRONG - PARENT SUPPORTER IS RIGHT

• NCJ Number: 35480
• Journal: Juvenile Justice Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Dated: (MAY 1976) Pages: 17-23
• Author(s): J R ROWAN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE RESULTS COULD BE OBTAINED IF THE JUVENILE CASEWORKER WOULD DIRECT HIS EFFORTS AT HELPING AND SUPPORTING THE JUVENILE'S PARENTS, RATHER THAN GIVING THE USUAL 90 PERCENT OF HIS TIME TO THE JUVENILE.

Abstract

BELIEVING THAT PARENTS, NO MATTER HOW BAD THEY ARE, STILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO QUALITIES THAT THEIR CHILDREN AND OTHER PARENTS AND CHILDREN CAN BENEFIT FROM. FURTHERMORE, THESE QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCES CAN BEST BE BROUGHT OUT IN GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN WHICH THE COUNSELOR NEED ONLY BE A 'BROKER OF SERVICES'. IN THIS ROLE, THE COUNSELOR NEED NOT BE EQUIPPED WITH ADVANCED DEGREES BECAUSE THE PARENTS THEMSELVES ARE THE THERAPISTS, MUCH LIKE THE MODEL USED BY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.