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Manufacturing 'Bad Mothers': A Critical Perspective on Child Neglect

Resource Type

Book - Parent

Description

"Beginning from a critical theoretical perspective, Swift (social work, McGill U.) argues that our usual perceptions of neglect hide and distort important social realities; that this distorted perception only serves to reproduce the conditions of poverty, marginalization, and violence in which these families live; and that the current child welfare system, far from rescuing neglected children, helps instead to ensure the continuation of their problems, with the outcome especially damaging in aboriginal communities." --booknews.com

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)

Languages

English

ISBN

0802074359

Author

Karen Swift

Publication

1995 University of Toronto Press

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