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The Little Prisoner by Jane Elliot (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007208936?ie=UTF8&tag=thechildrenwe-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0007208936) is a difficult book to categorise, although it is clearly intended as an autobiographical account of abuse in childhood. Jane Elliott recounts a tale of abuse at the hands of a sadistic step-father and completely ineffectual mother. She and her brother were placed into care on a number of occasions when her parents’ marriage failed. When she was four years old, her life changed. Jane was returned to her mother whilst her brother was never heard of again. When some of the social workers heard... - [Read more]

Abstract: Social tourism, or the sponsored provision of holidays for excluded groups, is used in several countries of Western Europe as a way to achieve greater social inclusion. This feature discusses the potential value of social tourism for children and young people who are affected by social exclusion. It reviews the potential benefits of social tourism, in the form of family holidays and group holidays for children only, and assesses their cost. Rewarding the undeserving? For any professional working in social work in the 1980s, IT referred to Intermediate Treatment and had very little to... - [Read more]

A field work report from a seminar at the Department of Social Welfare, Kogakkan University, organised by Professor Toyoko Yasui Introduction: Toyoko Yasui, Associate Professor, Kogakkan University The number of instances of child abuse in Japan has been drastically increasing and cases range from physical and mental damage to fatalities. They are ranked from physical abuse, the largest in number, on to neglect, mental abuse, and cases of sexual abuse, which are the smallest in number. Factors leading to these abuses in Japan are classified... - [Read more]

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children held one meeting in June: Tuesday 5 June: UK Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: With speakers Beverly Hughes MP (Minister of State for Children, and Carolyne Willow (National Co-ordinator, Children’s Rights Alliance for England) This meeting was an opportunity to discuss the UK Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).... - [Read more]

Every child responds more favourably when they feel they belong. For everyone who makes a statement that they don’t need to be part of a group or a community, my challenge would be to say, “Of course you do; you just don’t know how to do that and still be you. You become a non-conformist and bang on about the freedom of the individual, but the most important thing that any of us can do is be a part of the whole and that’s a big thing.” Formative years As children grow through babyhood into... - [Read more]

Title: Child Abuse and Depression
Category: Mental Health
Created: 5/7/2003
Last Editorial Review: 2/9/2005 - [Read more]

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children held one meeting in May: Monday 14 May: Every Child Matters and Social Care How will the new Ofsted inspection arrangements help to better integrate social care services with other children’s services? With speakers Jean Humphrys (Deputy Director for Children, Ofsted), Caroline Abrahams (Children and Young People Programme Director, Local Government Association) and Roger Morgan (Children’s Rights Director, Ofsted). This meeting was an opportunity to discuss the new Ofsted inspection arrangements and how they relate to children’s social services. On 1 April 2007, the... - [Read more]

On 24 April 2007, the Christian Child Care Forum held its Sixth Annual Forum. Baroness Valerie Howarth of Breckland welcomed people to the Forum. She spoke of children and childhood being on the political agenda in a wholly new way; not just as a reaction to scandals, and of the need for more strategic thinking about the sort of world we are seeking and creating for our children. She then highlighted the Christian Child Care Forum’s commitment to its vision of contemporary society, in which children and young people have a rightful place. Tim Jeffery... - [Read more]

How does one set standards for the world? The United Nations is preparing Draft Guidelines for the Promotion of Appropriate Parental Care, the Protection of Children Deprived of Such Care, and the Provision of Alternative Care. The basic aim which triggered this venture is certainly laudable – providing protection and high standards of care for children who cannot be looked after by their families. Equally, the emphasis in the guidelines on supporting families so that they can look after children is the right basis to start from, which is why... - [Read more]

This is part three of a three-part story. Ruth is in a secure unit. If you wish to read the first two episodes, click here. The next big event was a planning meeting. Mum and Dad, the social worker, who now knew Mum because of her new job and several of the Secure Unit staff and a couple of police officers and me. One of the staff had talked to me before the meeting to make sure I understood what would be happening and ‘to get my views’. What views? I ran off... - [Read more]

Once again the media in recent weeks have featured some very serious cases of child sexual abuse. When these horrific events take place I ask myself the question, how would I have coped if anything had happened to one of my own children, the honest answer is I don’t know. What I do know, however, is that having worked over twenty years in this field my view of the world has changed. In all my years working with people who sexually abuse, I never really understood why people inflicted such pain. In my experience... - [Read more]

In this issue we report on the United Nations Draft Guidelines for the Promotion of Appropriate Parental Care, the Protection of Children Deprived of Such Care, and the Provision of Alternative Care. The Guidelines pose a fundamental question. How far can the care of children and young people be seen as a world-wide phenomenon, with similar standards applied in every country and culture, or how far should local, regional and national cultures be respected, leading to variegated ways of bringing up children? Clearly, humankind forms a single species and we all have an... - [Read more]

We add 10-15 child care articles each month. Drop your email address in the box below, hit remind me and youll receive just once a month a summary of some of the most thought provoking child care articles on the internet. Email: Editorial : Renewing International Links (http://www.childrenwebmag.com/content/view/359)... - [Read more]

DVD Review by Kathleen Lane Since I believe that we should be making greater efforts to exploit the possibilities of new technology at conferences and seminars, instead of the interminable use of power point I was delighted to be asked to review the DVD of the FICE Congress held in Sarajevo in September 2006. FICE is an international organisation with member countries from all over continental Europe, the UK, North America, South Africa and beyond. There is a Congress and General Assembly held every two years. Countries vie with each other for the honour of... - [Read more]

Every spring and autumn I get the feeling that it is about time to head for central Europe. It is a vague nostalgic feeling. Presumably migrating birds and animals also wake up one morning thinking, “It’s time to head south” or whatever, and there may be some very deep-seated echo in the human genes. In my case, there are associations of pleasant weather – not too hot and not too cold and definitely clement as far as rain, wind, fog and snow are concerned. There are expectations of pleasure – of meeting friends,... - [Read more]

We add 10-15 child care articles each month. Drop your email address in the box below, hit remind me and youll receive just once a month a summary of some of the most thought provoking child care articles on the internet. Email: Abby Ladbrooke : Recruiting for the Long Term (http://www.childrenwebmag.com/content/view/369)... - [Read more]

There was a time when children and young people either lived at Mill Grove or in their own homes and families. There was a very clear divide: as clear in fact as that between Indoor and Outdoor Relief under the Poor Law, or between those described as inmates and others by Erving Goffman in Asylums, or Michel Foucaultin his Histoire de la Folie. I have spoken with both those who lived at Mill Grove and also neighbours (that is those who lived in their own homes), and no one was in any doubt about the... - [Read more]

Having worked for over ten years in international exchange there came a point, in that twilight moment between sleep and wakefulness on an aeroplane, that I was increasingly unable to recall where I was coming from - and more worryingly - where I was going. The world of glamorous international travel was feeling decidedly less glamorous. Somewhere between Madrid and London I decided to exchange the trolley-suitcase for a walk to work. I decided to set up my own business. Four years ago I was reading Every Child Matters and numerous commentaries on the... - [Read more]

Over the last seven and a half years, Children Webmag has been looked after by a number of organisations and sponsors. Originally it was set up by the Institute for Childcare and Social Education. Then the Social Education Trust took over control and supported the Webmag financially. Caring for Children managed the Webmag for a time, and more recently Northampton University has supported the publication. Substantial sponsorship has also been provided by the Hesley Foundation, the Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care, and the Charterhouse Group. We are indebted to all these organisations. Without... - [Read more]

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