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We start with a couple of articles this month by Barbara O'Grady and Phil Carradice which encourage people working with children and young people to get them writing. Getting experiences down on paper - real or imagined - can help to clarify the mind, reveal insights, provide a record, raise questions and offer entertainment. Try it and see.

The rest of the Webmag Section has pieces on a dozen different subjects :

* Rowan Dickman is concerned about staffing agencies.
* Keith White talks of children's need for emotional and physical security.
* Gus Greene shows what it is like when the Inspector calls.
* Terry Hoon demands real justice for the abused.
* The Webmag Editorial questions the British Government's plan to fine parents.
* Kathleen Lane travels to St Petersburg to see the children's services there.
* And there's a way of assessing training needs, news of a new European Directive, and a sprinkling of items in Cuttings.

The International Section addresses three themes :

* The Editorial asks what legacy politicians want to leave for their children.
* Vibeke Lasson explains the importance of tradition(s) in offering children predictability and security.
* Soren Hegstrup analyses the concept of interdisciplinarity : Does it exist? Is it a good thing? Will it work?