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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461459403321

Titolo

Giving children a voice : the transforming role of the family / / edited by Catherine Bernard and John Shea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8144-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Disciplina

303.483083

Soggetti

Technology and children

Child abuse

Children's rights

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Society today often fails to hear the wake-up call embedded in the happenings of the world, which, in many ways, are driven by technology and concerns of profit at the cost of human lives, especially the lives of children. It is important to protect children and strengthen their voices, which are often muffled or silenced by abuse, victimization, crime, domestic abuse, abandonment, poverty, labour, wars, pornography, crime and similar atrocities.This collection of papers presented by international experts at a global conference titled "Giving Children a Voice - The Transforming Role of the Fam