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  • For legalists, the admonition derived from the Parens Patriae concept in English common law, the notion that the King was ultimately the "father" of all children and, therefore, the state could intercede to protect them.

    Bob Burnett: Suffer the Little Children Bob Burnett 2011

  • Its curriculum was created in 1978, by an interdisciplinary team of local professionals -- physicians, social workers, teachers -- led by Henri Parens, director of the Early Child Development Program and Research Professor of Psychiatry of the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute.

    Myriam Miedzian: What Part of Prevention Do Americans Not Understand: A Case Study Myriam Miedzian 2011

  • Its curriculum was created in 1978, by an interdisciplinary team of local professionals -- physicians, social workers, teachers -- led by Henri Parens, director of the Early Child Development Program and Research Professor of Psychiatry of the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute.

    Myriam Miedzian: What Part of Prevention Do Americans Not Understand: A Case Study Myriam Miedzian 2011

  • The oft-quoted line from birfers is: “Les Naturels ou indigènes font ceux qui font nés dans le pays de Parens Citoyens.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Larry Tribe to DOJ 2010

  • Its curriculum was created in 1978, by an interdisciplinary team of local professionals -- physicians, social workers, teachers -- led by Henri Parens, director of the Early Child Development Program and Research Professor of Psychiatry of the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute.

    Myriam Miedzian: What Part of Prevention Do Americans Not Understand: A Case Study Myriam Miedzian 2011

  • For legalists, the admonition derived from the Parens Patriae concept in English common law, the notion that the King was ultimately the "father" of all children and, therefore, the state could intercede to protect them.

    Bob Burnett: Suffer the Little Children Bob Burnett 2011

  • Two Popes studied at the Capranica: Pope Benedict XV, whom you rightly consider "Parens alter" because of the special affection he always felt for your house, and then, if for a shorter period, the Servant of God Pius XII.

    Cardinal Domenico Capranica (1400-1458) 2009

  • Terminating a pregnancy because the resulting child may have an impairment reduces the individual to the disability, but people with disabilities are as much a sum of many different strengths and flaws as nondisabled people are (Parens and Asch 1999).

    Feminist Perspectives on Disability Silvers, Anita 2009

  • Men and women in developed countries are “designing” their babies (Parens 2003).

    Privacy and Medicine Allen, Anita 2009

  • Two Popes studied at the Capranica: Pope Benedict XV, whom you rightly consider "Parens alter" because of the special affection he always felt for your house, and then, if for a shorter period, the Servant of God Pius XII.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

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