Research Catalog

Title

Supporting parents : messages from research / David Quinton ; foreword by Margaret Hodge.

Author

Quinton, David

Publication

London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
• Great Britain. Department of Health

Description

271 p. : ill.; 30 cm.

Summary

This text considers the relationship between formal and informal support and how different forms of support, such as practical help, material resources, emotional support and material advice, make a difference to parenting.

Series Statement

Supporting parents

Uniform Title

Supporting parents

Subject

• Family services > Great Britain
• Family policy > Great Britain
• Parenting > Great Britain
• Family
• Public Policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The overview process -- 1. The Supporting Parents Research Initiative -- 2. Support and parenting -- 3. The policy context -- 4. Studies in the general population -- 5. Studies of foster care -- 6. Parenting and support in the context of disability -- 7. Supporting parents who may be hard to help -- 8. Summary and cross-cutting themes -- App. A. The researchers' summaries of their studies -- App. B. List of readers -- App. C. Members of the overview group.

ISBN

1843102102 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 56965993
• SCSB-11583016

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library