Inside and Outside of Children’s Homes
The Changes impact of surreptitious change.
Families
The Best Age for a Birthday?
What makes times special for individuals
A Mother and Baby
Every new arrival changes the community.
Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life: The collected Loomus cartoons
To be asked to review a book of Steven Appleby’s cartoons when one is already a fan is a delight. I do of course appreciate that not everyone may be a fan. It may be a bit like the Marmite test, which divides people sharply into likers and dislikers, though I find it hard to … Read more
Prevention is Better than Cure
What we can learn from the riots?
“A Bad Home is Better than a Good Institution”
Is it? Time for some careful thinking
‘The Little Prisoner’ by Jane Elliott
A book with graphic messages for professionals
Transition
Social networks matter at key change points in children’s lives.
‘How Nurture Protects Children’ by Jim Rose
Better than bureaucracy
‘Children in Distress’ by Alec Clegg and Barbara Megson
A landmark text on the impact of education on children in need
Family Therapy and Family Life
The impact on victims of abuse where the family keeps it secret