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→Child protection issues
Unlike the legislation in family law, the best interests of the children is ''not'' the most important consideration under the CFCSA. Instead, the most important considerations under are the "safety and well-being of the children."
The first principle under the CFCSA is that children are entitled to be protected from ''"abuse, neglect, harm, or the threat of harm''. " Most of the other principles center around keeping the child with or connected to their family if possible. These principles state that a child's family is the preferred environment for their care and upbringing, that the responsibility for protecting children rests primarily with the parents, and that kinship ties and a child's attachment to extended family members should be preserved if possible. The principles also say that if a family can provide a safe and nurturing environment for a child with available the help of support services, then those support services should be provided. This chapter includes information specific to Indigenous parents and children.
==Reporting a protection concern to MCFD or an Indigenous authority==