abstract: 'The upbringing of children relies heavily on shared responsibilities

  between parents and society. The Council of Europe Recommendation (2006)

  19 on Policy to Support Positive Parenting and the European Commission

  Recommendation (2013) Investing in Children: Breaking the Cycle of

  Disadvantage, both aim at supporting parents to care and provide for

  their children in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the

  Child. By means of a document analysis this article examines what kind

  of parental practices and provision to parents the recommendations

  suggest to safeguard children''s rights in the family. Three findings are

  highlighted: first, both recommendations reflect a commitment to

  respecting children''s rights while at the same time acknowledging

  parents as children''s primary caregivers. Second, both recognize

  parents'' rights to work, while also recognizing the necessity of

  adequate income support if work is not available or income too low.

  Third, adequate resources are defined as a combination of universal

  policies and services, which guarantee a minimum level for all, and

  targeted measures reaching out to the most disadvantaged. The

  recommendations'' emphasis on children and parents as partners and on the

  families'' economic situations are valuable for future development of

  family and child policy and support programs.'
affiliation: 'Sandbk, M (Corresponding Author), Oslo \& Akershus Univ, Coll Appl Sci,
  Fac Social Sci, N-0130 Oslo, Norway.

  Sandbk, Mona, Oslo \& Akershus Univ, Coll Appl Sci, Fac Social Sci, N-0130 Oslo,
  Norway.'
article-number: '837'
author: Sandbk, Mona
author-email: mona.sandbak@hioa.no
author_list:
- family: Sandbk
  given: Mona
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/ijerph14080837
eissn: 1660-4601
files: []
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
keywords: 'children''s rights; child poverty; positive parenting; support and

  provision for parents; progressive universalism'
keywords-plus: EQUALITY; STATE
language: English
month: AUG
number: '8'
number-of-cited-references: '54'
papis_id: 1bc5b9bca7466033f8b5b1396cf940e6
ref: Sandbk2017europeanpolicies
times-cited: '2'
title: European Policies to Promote Children's Rights and Combat Child Poverty
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000408684300007
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '14'
volume: '14'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental \& Occupational
  Health
year: '2017'