Rights which Remove Responsibilities
Does defining children’s rights undermine adults’ intuitive sense of responsibility?
Child Care History and Policy
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child :The Essential Role of Social Work
IFSW meets the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Young Prophets
The importance listening to marginalised people
Social Care – A Reactive Profession
Why services for children were developed, and why we need to study the past
Preserving History – and Making it Live
The Child Care History Network has been established
Fifty Years from Today
What will it be like for children in 2058?
Discipline
Described by the author as the disjointed rantings of a grumpy old git
Informing Parliament : The Children’s Workforce and New Legislation
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children has held three meetings since the start of 2008: Tuesday 15 January: The Children’s Workforce: Health With speakers Dr Minoo Irani (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)), Marc Lyall, (Divisional Manager, Skills for Health) and Paul Burnell (Skills Active) Tuesday 29 January: Child Maintenance and Other … Read more
Running a Hotel in Montenegro : Real Jobs for Young People
Anton Tobé travels widely in South Eastern Europe, partly in his role as Vice President of FICE, and in this account of his visit to Montenegro, he reports on an innovation that meets many needs at the same time. The country No matter which Balkan country you travel through, you will always find nature to … Read more
Learning from Europe
Are you interested in learning about social pedagogy? Or about the way the Danes or Dutch do their child care? Or about the quality of services in Eastern Europe?At the conference held by the NCB on 18 January 2008, there was a mixture of speakers from other European countries and British academics who had undertaken … Read more
While adults battle, children suffer: future problems for Iraq
The recent International Committee of the Red Cross report, Civilians without Protection, makes it clear that the conflict in Iraq is inflicting immense suffering on the civilian population.[1] Mental health as an aspect of suffering in war has been receiving increasing attention, with particular concerns centring on children because of their vulnerability and the growing … Read more
Yoshihide Ishiyama Addresses Some Current Problems of Japanese Education
Professor John Potter, Kogakkan University Yoshihide Ishiyama is the founder of a free school known as Mie Shure which has operated in Japan’s Mie Prefecture for the past four years. Originally he was a teacher in the state system, which he left in order to join the staff of another free school, Tokyo Shure. With … Read more