Beginning around 1890, members of the Progressive movement advocated a variety of political, economic, and social reforms. They were genuinely concerned about the economic disparities, social disorders, and excesses of industrialization, particularly as they affected children. Progressives denounced the evils of child labor and pushed for legislation banning the practice. They were likewise appalled by the violent and exploitive conditions of reform schools. The fact that orphans were thrown into reform schools for the uncontrollable circumstance of having no parents shocked the Progressives’ moral values. Taking up the plight of the children of the urban immigrant poor, they argued that these children were not bad, but were corrupted by the environment in which they grew up.
-What doctrine allowed the Progressives to use the juvenile court to help children?

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The doctrine of parens patriae allowed the government to become the legal guardian of children who were considered to be in need of supervision or who had been victims of abuse or neglect. This doctrine was used by Progressives to establish the juvenile court system, which aimed to provide rehabilitative rather than punitive justice for children in trouble with the law.

Beginning Around 1890, Members of the Progressive Movement Advocated a Variety