Chapter twenty-seven

One should note that if one has a responsibility to provide parental care to one’s child, one must:

Name your child

Provide a home for your child

Protect and maintain your child

Discipline your child

Choose and provide education for your child

Determine the religion of your child

Agree to provide your child with any necessary medical treatment

Allow confidential information relating to your child be disclosed where necessary

You must also support your child financially

Sandra allowed herself to be in that illusion where children sometimes lose their first line of protection – their family. She felt the reasons for the separation could be displacement, inability of families to care for children due to poverty, disability, domestic violence, abuse or neglect, addiction or other forms of substance abuse, or death of parents. She felt that every child has the right to grow up in a supportive, caring and nurturing family environment. Despite the growing body of evidence relating