The article provides information on the Children and Young Persons Bill passed by the British government. The objective of the legislation is to make sure that young people up to the age of 18 will not be obliged to ...
The article argues that New Labour's concern with productive moral citizenship underlies the model of 'corporate parent' which informs the Children (Leaving Care) Act, 2000. We show that there has been in statutory child care work a rather uncritical acceptance of 'good parenting' leading to '...
Childhood is a critical period for the growth of a personal health and mental development, lack of care and care of the parents in this crucial period, leaving a large number of children in urban and rural areas scattered unattended monitoring unmanned, extremely easy to cause health left-...
The researcher had, by way of a case analysis, studied factors influencing the application of child-care legislation ~l:'ld described how legislation is being applied in practice. The application of philosophies and principlesinherent in child-care policies, and the evolvement of certain patterns ...
Many children who come into care have experienced abuse or neglect, have been involved in domestic violence and substance misuse and their parents often have mental health difficulties. Services to Looked After Children are delivered within a social policy framework driven by legislation which includes...
One example is the Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) model, helping primary care professionals identify and address SDH and ACEs that are also risk factors for child maltreatment.7 Another illustration is the recent federal legislation to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit program; if ...
No legislation, no industry-oversight panel, is going to help us. Apple’s and Google’s executives know enough to withhold mobile devices from their kids, but they’re not going to stop selling them to ours. What Haidt doesn’t say is that parents can’t change their kids’ ...
Let us applaud and join the 162 mayors who just sent aletter to Congressurging action on gun safety legislation. “How many children must die, how many adults must die before our nation takes action to reduce gun violence?” they wrote. “We must and we can do more to protect people fr...
WASHINGTON — The Senate will consider legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content, moving forward with what could become the first sweeping new regulation of the tech industry in decades. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is set to announce Tuesday that he ...
developmental and educational research, and reports on children’s social issues, such as bullying, learning disabilities, poverty, and behavioral issues. Also included are stories on anti-smoking, alcohol and drug campaigns aimed at children and youth, and legislation regarding child welfare and ...