Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare |
| Editors | Pat Dolan, Nick Frost |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Chapter | 11 |
| Pages | 137-151 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Feb 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | Routledge International Handbooks |
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Keywords
- children's rights
- social justice
- family support
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Children’s rights, social justice and family support : developing inclusive, intersectional and participatory practice. / Davis, John M.; Smith, Mary.
The Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare. ed. / Pat Dolan; Nick Frost. London, 2017. p. 137-151 (Routledge International Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - Children’s rights, social justice and family support
T2 - developing inclusive, intersectional and participatory practice
AU - Davis, John M.
AU - Smith, Mary
PY - 2017/2/16
Y1 - 2017/2/16
N2 - Good, affective family support offers a wealth of benefits both to children and adults alike. It can provide for the growth of agency and contribute to positive personal development and transition into adulthood. However, and indeed not uniquely to this area, a variety of aims, ideas and practices have emerged in the literature on family support. This is not in itself an inherent malady, however we might pause to consider if any combination of such approaches have succeeded in meaningfully incorporating children’s own perspectives of social justice, their own rights and their place in traditional constructs of the family? If such a question raises concern, which we argue it should, then we might pause further to reflect on whether some ideal of ‘the family’ ought to be the base measurement against which family support is pitched. This, understandably might seem somewhat counter intuitive, however this chapter argues that when approaching family support with a too narrow focus on the family unit, professionals may overlook the inner complexities, relationships and power dynamics that create such a unit.
AB - Good, affective family support offers a wealth of benefits both to children and adults alike. It can provide for the growth of agency and contribute to positive personal development and transition into adulthood. However, and indeed not uniquely to this area, a variety of aims, ideas and practices have emerged in the literature on family support. This is not in itself an inherent malady, however we might pause to consider if any combination of such approaches have succeeded in meaningfully incorporating children’s own perspectives of social justice, their own rights and their place in traditional constructs of the family? If such a question raises concern, which we argue it should, then we might pause further to reflect on whether some ideal of ‘the family’ ought to be the base measurement against which family support is pitched. This, understandably might seem somewhat counter intuitive, however this chapter argues that when approaching family support with a too narrow focus on the family unit, professionals may overlook the inner complexities, relationships and power dynamics that create such a unit.
KW - children's rights
KW - social justice
KW - family support
UR - https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Global-Child-Welfare/Dolan-Frost/p/book/9781138942752
M3 - Chapter
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SN - 9781138942752
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SP - 137
EP - 151
BT - The Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare
A2 - Dolan, Pat
A2 - Frost, Nick
CY - London
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