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Childrens Needs, not Rights, should be the Focus [ 30 kb ] - Childrens Needs, not Rights, should be the Focus Published in the Dominion Post 13 Dec 06 Bob McCoskrie  National Director Family First Parents have every right to be very nervous over recent media reports of cases involving the rise in Childrens Rights. ....A childs rights should never be at the expense of the parental right to nurture, protect and set boundaries in a family setting. Rights of children have been shifted from simply protecting vulnerable children to granting them rights that are destructive to them, to good parenting practice, and to the welfare of the whole family in which they are being raised.