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Child Well-Being: Children's Rights Perspective

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Handbook of Child Well-Being

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The well-being of a child is related to his or her material and psychosocial conditions. Conditions such as an adequate standard of living, the highest attainable standard of health, education, and caring family environment are necessary for the full and harmonious development of the child. One could say that there is a link between well-being and well-becoming.

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Doek, J.E. (2014). Child Well-Being: Children's Rights Perspective. In: Ben-Arieh, A., Casas, F., Frønes, I., Korbin, J. (eds) Handbook of Child Well-Being. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8_9

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