- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1992-02-16
- Director: Michael Ray Rhodes
- Writers: Peter Nelson , Jud Kinberg
- Language: English
- Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker , Sally Struthers , Lexi Randall , Gary Graham , Susan Barnes , Jayne Atkinson , John Dennis Johnston , Tom Hodges , Elizabeth Ashley , Jessica Campbell
- Runtime: 96 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Pentru binele copiilor (Romania) , Per il bene dei bambini (Italy) , Por el bien de los niños (Spain) , Ich will meine Kinder zurück! (Germany) , Dla dobra dzieci (Poland) , За доброто на децата (Bulgaria) , Dans le seul intérêt des enfants (Canada) , A gyerekek érdekében (Hungary) , In the Best Interest of the Children (United States of America) , El bienestar de los niños (Peru) , O Melhor para as Crianças (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , In the Best Interest of the Children , Le droit d'aimer (France, French Republic)
- Plot: This story is about the five Cain children whose mother suffers from mental instability. When she is finally committed to an institution, the children are fostered by a childless couple who soon grow to love them as their own. Just as they are settling down to their new lives and enjoying the affection and warmth that they have never had, Callie re-appears in their life and decides she wants them back. The children's lives are in danger of being torn apart as they are caught up in a desperate tug of war between the mother they have learned to fear and the foster parents they have grown to love.
- IMDB:tt0104496
In the Best Interest of the Children Cast · · · ALL
Michael Ray Rhodes
Director
Sarah Jessica Parker
Callie Cain
Sally Struthers
Patty Pepper
Lexi Randall
Jessica Cain
Gary Graham
John Birney
Jayne Atkinson
Wanda Birney
Harry Lennix
Tim Coffey
John Dennis Johnston
Harlan Pepper
Elizabeth Ashley
Carla Scott
Jessica Campbell
Julie Cain
Jane Lynch
Gwen Hatcher
Patrick Clear
Dan Jennings
Jason Wells
Strange Man