Do Children Have Rights in America? Most seem to think that the children's rights movement in America is fairly new. It has actually been in existance since about the mid-1600s. "Children in the colonies had rights that entitled them to have the necessities of life, a start in life, and freedom from excessive abuse" (Hawkes 1). What's important about this precedent is that it sets up our own ideas of how children should be treated. …showed first 75 words of 2187 total…

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