Masters of Their Own Destiny: Children's Identities, Parents' Assimilation Demands and State Intervention

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dc.contributor.authorRachmilovitz, O. R.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-09T18:56:03Z
dc.date.available2014-05-09T18:56:03Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractParents’ assimilation demands compromise children’s healthy identity development and attachments with parents. For LGBT youth in particular, rejection from families heightens their vulnerability to negative health, legal and economic outcomes, yet leaves them under-protected by the legal system. So far, children who have experienced family mistreatment in the form of heteronormative assimilation demands on their sexual orientation or gender identity have been unable to mobilize courts to understand why assimilation demands are harmful and how to protect children from such mistreatment. Thus assimilation demands that undermine children’s identities and are harmful to their wellbeing should be recognized as an additional exception to parental rights. Rather than suggesting assimilation demands are a form of emotional abuse, this Article recommends a new framework – family in need of services – that could empower children to seek state intervention that would help families support LGBT youth and facilitate family cohesion.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRachmilovitz, O. R. (2012). Masters of Their Own Destiny: Children's Identities, Parents' Assimilation Demands and State Intervention (Doctoral dissertation, University of Virginia School of Law).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2309378_code355514.pdf?abstractid=2308988&mirid=1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1387
dc.publisherUniversity of Virginia School of Lawen_US
dc.subjectparental rightsen_US
dc.subjectLGBT youthen_US
dc.subjectassimilationen_US
dc.subjectsexual orientationen_US
dc.subjectgender identityen_US
dc.subjectattachmenten_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectneglecten_US
dc.subjectchild servicesen_US
dc.subjectmediationen_US
dc.titleMasters of Their Own Destiny: Children's Identities, Parents' Assimilation Demands and State Interventionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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