Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
There are old people alive now who, when they were young, knew old people who were alive when the Mines Act was passed in 1842 and children were banned from working in the pits in Britain.It is not distant history, yet an enormous amount has happened since then to improve the lives of children. Compulsory … Read more
A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including men in childcare, confidentiality, Andrew Rowe, Barack Obama, bullying, Court fees, demonising young people, involving young people, push-chairs, reading to children, NCB, libraries, unannounced inspections and absconding
The main theme for this month is Child Care History, to celebrate the founding of the Child Care History Network. There are articles about Jonas Hanway, David Wills on Homer Lane, Anton Tobé on the VJK, the Curtis Committee and the founding of the CCHN, as well as the Editorial. Read about the pioneers, and … Read more
The founding of CCHN
Including social pedagogy, Children’s Trusts, children’s rights, child care pioneers, YoungMinds, the Children’s Charter, abusive teachers and Pound a Poem
The theme for this month is foster care, and half a dozen articles approach the subject from a variety of angles. Foster care can obviously be a really powerful influence for good in helping damaged children put their lives together. There are also problems, such as the massive shortfall in foster carers at present. The … Read more
Ideas for the next six months – and authors are wanted.
Foster care merits professional rewards.
How we differ from other animals
An important question – and a chance to hear more at a conference
Including games, Moon Sand, play, child poverty, A Levels, YoungMinds, island communities and pedagogy in Slovenia .
How ideas interplay and help thinking to develop new angles on problems