child advocate
Minor's legal champion
A child advocate is someone who speaks or acts on behalf of children's interests, particularly in legal, educational, or social welfare contexts.
The term covers both professionals—lawyers, social workers, court-appointed representatives—and ordinary people who champion children's causes.
The child advocate recommended the boy be placed with his grandmother.
She became a child advocate after witnessing abuse in the foster system.
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- voiceSound from throat
- defenderOne who guards another
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
court appointed · caseworker · custody · courtroom · testimony · foster · broken home · welfare · rights · vulnerable · abuse · neglect · intervention · social worker · legal aid · representation · safeguard · juvenile
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- advocatesactivist, campaigner, crusader, defender, lobbyist
- family lawalimony, family court, divorce petitions, divorce law, divorce papers
- child welfarefoster care, foster home, protective services, CPS, foster family
- custody courtcustody agreement, custody dispute, custody evaluation, joint custody, legal custody
- social workerssocial worker, caseworker, case manager, school social worker, foster care worker
child, advocate, children, childish, childlike, childhood, childless, childcare, grandchild