'Does age and maltreatment matter? A survey experiment of the nordic populations' attitudes towards participation'.

Background: Balancing children's right to participate and their need for protection constitutes a core dilemma in child protection. The CRC obligates states to facilitate and ensure participation for all children, regardless of age and maturity. Still, children are repeatedly excluded from child protection proceedings on paternalistic grounds, even in the child-centric and child-rights-oriented Nordic countries.