Opponents of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
A) maintain that its provisions would shift the burden of child rearing from the family to the state.
B) believe that investing in children yields valuable returns to a nation's economy.
C) are mostly located in war-torn nations.
D) argue that it should contain child abuse and neglect protections.

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Opponents of the Convention on the Rights of the Child argue that it would transfer the responsibility of child rearing from families to governments, thereby reducing parental authority and weakening families. They fear that this would lead to increased government interference in family life, limit parents' rights to raise their children according to their own values, and ultimately undermine the traditional family structure. These concerns are the main reasons cited by opponents of the Convention, particularly in the United States, where the Convention has not been ratified due to these concerns.