Child Abuse Prevention And Treatment Act (CAPTA) Of 1974

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From time immemorial, parents have been tasked with the responsibility to protect their children and have been granted the right to raise them as they deem fit. This is enforced in the 14th amendment of the United States Constitutions which expressly states that no state in the nation should deprive any person of life, liberty or property without undergoing the due process of the law (Young-Bruehl, 2013). This implies that the U.S. law grants all individuals the freedom to establish homes and bring up children. However, this right does not necessarily mean that the society should remain oblivious and indifferent to the plight of neglected and abused children and thus, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1974 was established