W obronie praw dziecka. Status społeczno-prawny dziecka w II Rzeczypospolitej
In defense of children’s rights. Social-legal status of a child in the Second Republic of Poland

Summary/Abstract: In the Second Polish Republic, a number of different acts of law were introduced to standardize and regulate the social and legal status of children. Yet, it was difficult to put into practice the written demands due to the years of partitions, the war, and poverty, which caused to create too relaxed family ties, the increase in the number of orphans, homelessness and the appearance of morally neglected children. In the inter-war period, the homogeneous and well-planned childcare became a prestigious issue. The educators themselves stood up for the children's rights to maintain their lives in dignity and joy. Apart from the educators, the issue became the subject of the various heated discussions of doctors, lawyers and educational activists. The concepts of reforming the educational care system were raised (the insufficiencies and wrongdoings in the work of the individual institutions were revealed), the organisation of special education, the staff training, as well as the attempts were made to develop the scientific basis in the sphere of childcare pedagogy.

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