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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777077903321

Autore

Brannen Julia

Titolo

Connecting children : care and family life in later childhood / / Julia Brannen, Ellen Heptinstall and Kalwant Bhopal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge/Falmer, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-58012-6

9786610111855

1-280-11185-2

1-134-58013-4

0-203-99635-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BhopalKalwant

HeptinstallEllen

Disciplina

305.23

306.85

Soggetti

Children - Family relationships

Families

Parent and child

Grandparent and child

Siblings

Child & Youth Development

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

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 (pages [222]-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Themes and concepts; 2 Children's beliefs about care; 3 Children's families and social ties; 4 Children's accounts of family change; 5 The importance of mothers and fathers; 6 The importance of siblings; 7 The importance of grandparents, relatives, friends and others; 8 Children's contribution to family life; 9 Children and mothers' regulation regulation; 10 Conclusions; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Connecting Children focuses on children's understandings of care and their views of different family lives. It portrays the lives of children aged



11-12 and shows how families connect children in different ways both in the household but also in their wider kinship networks. The children studied reflect upon family life and especially upon situations where their own family lives change dramatically, such as when parents divorce or are unable to care for them.  This book will be of interest to those working in education, social work, child care, counselling, social policy and childh