child abandonment
Let an agent explain child abandonment, relay history, legal responses, safe alternatives and debates from child welfare, legal and historical sources with positions attributed, route parents in crisis to support and people finding a baby to emergency services, describe the named practices, and distinguish abandonment from adoption, foster care, neglect and child trafficking.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What child abandonment is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is child abandonment, and how does it differ from adoption, foster care, neglect and trafficking? definition
- Has someone found a baby or is a parent in crisis, in which case call emergency services or contact confidential pregnancy and family support services? boundary
Practices
Named practices.
Practices
Practices.
- What were infant exposure, Ancien Regime abandonment and coin-operated locker babies, and what are anonymous births? definition
- Which entry fits the specific practice? action
History History.
Foundlings
Foundling hospitals.
Foundlings
Foundlings.
- How did foundling hospitals and wheels operate in Europe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Japan
Japan.
Japan
Japan.
- How have researchers explained newborn abandonment in Japan, including the 1970s locker cases? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Law Legal responses.
Safe haven
Safe haven laws.
Safe haven
Safe haven.
- How do safe haven and confidential birth laws work, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits safe-haven law? action
Baby boxes
Baby box debates.
Baby boxes
Baby boxes.
- What do supporters and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child say about baby boxes, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context Support and rights.
Support
Support services.
Support
Support.
- What support exists for people facing unplanned pregnancies or parenting crises? provenance
- Which entry fits crisis pregnancy center? action
Identity
Right to know origins.
Identity
Identity.
- How do laws balance anonymous birth with a child s right to know their origins? provenance
- Which entry fits right to know one s origins? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.PRC
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Coin-operated-locker babies, Neonatal abandonment in Japan, Child abandonment under the Ancien Régime, Infant exposure, anonymous birth
What it is Filled
The practice of deserting a child without care or legal transfer of responsibility, with historical and regional forms the registry aliases name, including infant exposure in antiquity, abandonment to foundling hospitals under the French Ancien Regime, the coin-operated locker babies found in Japan in the 1970s and neonatal abandonment in Japan more broadly, and legal alternatives such as anonymous birth, known in France as accouchement sous X, confidential birth laws and safe haven laws that allow parents to leave newborns safely; baby boxes are debated, with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child raising concerns. Parents in crisis should be directed to support services, and anyone finding an abandoned baby should call emergency services.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain child abandonment, relay history, legal responses, safe alternatives and debates from child welfare, legal and historical sources with positions attributed, route parents in crisis to support and people finding a baby to emergency services, describe the named practices, and distinguish abandonment from adoption, foster care, neglect and child trafficking.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Child welfare issue
- Legal alternatives exist
- Historical institutions
- Contested interventions
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Ignore or delay reporting an immediate risk to a child.
- Stigmatise parents in crisis or shame people who used safe haven provisions.
- Frame the debate on baby boxes in a partisan way.
- Reveal identities of abandoned children or birth parents.
Only with a human decision
- Contacting authorities about a specific child at risk.
May
- Explain child abandonment historically and today, including safe haven laws in a stated jurisdiction.
- Point people in crisis to emergency services, child protection and support lines.
Moral aspects Filled
- Children's lives and identities are at stake.
- Parents in crisis need help, not blame, if children are to be kept safe.
Who is affected
- Abandoned children
- Birth parents
- Foster and adoptive families
Owners Filled
Steward
Child protection authorities and courts answer for each child.
Master systems
- Child protection and civil registration records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q2305441 - registry parent class
related
- social process - in registry terms
- safe-haven law
- adoption
- foundling hospital
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.child-abandonment
- Wikidata: Q202415 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202415)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- French anonymous birth: accouchement sous X note - long-standing legal practice
- German confidential birth law: 2014 year
- first US safe haven law: 1999 year - Texas
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Deserting a child without care or legal transfer
- Coin-operated locker babies, neonatal abandonment in Japan, abandonment under the Ancien Regime, infant exposure, anonymous birth
- Adoption is legal transfer; foster care is state-arranged care; neglect is failure to meet needs; trafficking exploits children
- Not a visible object; a social and legal issue.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain history and law
- relay safe alternatives
- describe named practices
- route crises and emergencies
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Missing an urgent risk to a child
- Stigmatising parents in crisis
- Partisan framing of baby box debates
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- National child protection, safe haven and anonymous birth laws
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a child welfare and social issue.
- historical infant exposure
- foundling hospital systems
- newborn abandonment
- anonymous and confidential birth
- safe haven and baby box schemes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q202415: child abandonment - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Child abandonment - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should anonymous birth be a separate entry?
- How should child welfare sources be linked by country?
- How should baby box debates be presented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q202415/spec.json