Editorial
Smith, Mark (2016) Editorial. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 15 (3). ISSN 1478-1840
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Abstract
Ten years ago it would have been highly unlikely to be publishing a journal issue on a theme of love in the context of children in out of home care. It would have been considered just too left field, dangerous even, in a context of intense anxiety over child abuse. That wider climate has not changed significantly and, if anything, has become more fevered on the back of the Jimmy Savile1 case. What has changed, though, is that sufficient numbers of practitioners, care leavers and academics are developing the confidence to say what is patently obvious to them, both experientially and conceptually - that love is an inevitable feature of child and youth care and is generally a positive one. Jennifer Vincent’s article, which opens this issue, highlights that the importance of love in direct care and educational contexts is recognised and robustly articulated across a range of people professions. Keith White, in the following article, makes the case that someone must use the word love responsibly and healthily in relation to children.
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https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00084833-
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Item type: Article ID code: 84833 Dates: DateEvent1 December 2016PublishedSubjects: Medicine > Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health services
Social Sciences > Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reformDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 21 Mar 2023 15:11 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 13:52 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/84833