The new issue will carry gifts from Noel Howard who offers us a review of The Boy at the Gate, the memoirs of Danny Ellis ; a poem from Michael Mallows,The Casual Cruelty of Positive Intent about the consequences of moral imperatives and verbal chastisement ; John Whitwell provides his reflections on the Caldecott Community following its closure ; Tracey Jarvis gives an account of her experience of being a key worker in a residential child care setting; in her article Janet Rich stresses the importance of assuring that care leavers have ready access to support resources: John Stein presents a tale about the influence peers have through childhood and adulthood; Cynthia Cross gives us the opportunity to consider the balance between the personal and professional in the care of children and young people, Mark Smith gives us his picture of what lies behind the contagion of moral panic that follows in the aftermath of the exposure of child abuse; Mary Winters furnishes us with an essay which discusses her concerns about the issues relating to child care placements, ethnicity and cultural background.
Further gifts are on their way from Elspeth Maitland, Jeremy Millar and maybe others. More news of these within the next few days.
This new item first appeared on the home page of the goodenoughcaring website on December 5th, 2012
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