Societal Influence on the Development of Child Welfare Policy Ideological, social, political and economic factors of a given period play a key role in the development and maintenance of any social welfare policy in which the area of ​​child welfare is not an exception. Throughout the history of child welfare legislation in Canada, laws have been passed and modified based on the changing concept of childhood and the different degree of social atmosphere of each period. Ideological perspective influences how society defines individuals or groups at risk, and its solution (Graham, Swift, & Delaney, 2012) and changing social beliefs about children have brought dramatic changes in the development of child welfare policies . Since the beginning of the 20th century, childhood has been characterized not only by adequate family guidance and protection, but by a greater role of the community and the state in preventing abuse and exploitation. Society also began to view the well-being of children as the future of a strong nation and failure as a potential detriment to the development of a healthy society. These beliefs highlighted the need for child welfare policies in the areas of deinstitutionalisation, improved healthcare and compulsory education, along with the elimination of child labour. In the child labor sectors, for example, although child labor was preferred as it provided a cheaper and more manageable workforce in the industrialization era, changing social attitudes towards child labor have brought strict regulation for child labour. 'abolition of child labour. Working conditions and the treatment of children in factories have also come under scrutiny to ensure a safer working environment for those who often had to endure both physical and verbal abuse while working with...... paper. ..... /121037-SDS220R_tromkey_cel_1141/Modules/Module07/7.1/index.htm?_&d2lSessionVal=hJ7rb3sBinN5eFKK7Pj7MOCyD&ou=121037Maybin, J. &Woodhead, M. (2003). Childhoods in context. Southern Gate, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS) (2010). An anti-oppression framework for child welfare in Ontario. August 2010. Strong-Boag, V. (2010). Forgotten people among all the forgotten: Children with disabilities in English Canada from the 19th century to the new millennium. In Gleason, M., Myers, T., Paris, L. & Strong-Boag, V. Lost Kids: Vulnerable Children and Youth in Twentieth-Century Canada and the United States (pp. 33-50). Vancouver, BC: UBC PressThompson, R. (journalist). (1992, August 21). Duplessis Orphans: Reaction and Response [television broadcast]. Toronto, ON: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Digital Archives.