As part of the special issue on the foster care system, this essay challenges the assumption that all the children who are in foster care should be in foster care. The essay first describes the familiar—and still persuasive—argument that foster care does not serve the interests of most children and families. It then brings a new lens to bear on this argument by describing the work of the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, which provides a blueprint for shrinking the child welfare system and promoting child well-being.

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重述法律、儿童与法律：儿童福利制度改革蓝图

作为寄养制度特刊的一部分，本文挑战了所有寄养儿童都应该接受寄养的假设。这篇文章首先描述了一个熟悉且仍然具有说服力的论点，即寄养不符合大多数儿童和家庭的利益。然后，它通过描述美国法律研究所的《法律、儿童和法律重述》的工作为这一论点带来了新的视角，该报告为缩小儿童福利体系和促进儿童福祉提供了蓝图。