FROM THE EDITOR

In this issue of the Children Webmag

Editorial: Telling the Truth
Helping children face a dangerous world

News Views
Our collection of comment and analysis on the latest child care issues, including

ARTICLES

Keeping Socialist Ideals Alight - David Lane
An interview with David Hinchcliffe, former Chair of the Health Select Committee

Putting Children First - Chris Durkin
Chris expresses concerns about an increasingly contradictory trend

Full Steam Ahead
A report on the annual summer reception of the National Children's Bureau

PAT and PANN
Must the media skew professional debate?

REGULAR COLUMNS

In Residence - Korczak - Dr Keith J White
One of the great figures of child care and his personal impact on Keith

The All Parliamentary Group for Children - Alison Linsey
The last report before Parliament breaks up for the summer

In Care : A Funny Name for a Bear 3
Christmastime in an assessment centre

Northern Outlook - It's our Risky Behaviour- Mike Sutherland
In trying to reduce risk, we may be failing to teach young people to handle it

News from Hesley - Intensive Interaction - Lesley Durston
Overcoming challenging behaviour by communicating non-threateningly

The Gus Greene Column - Goodbye Bluebells! Hello Chestnuts!
Gus becomes a Superintendent of a children's home

The Early Years Column - The Game of Peek-a-boo - Valerie Jackson
Valerie tells us how babies socialise from an early age

ROUND THE WORLD

A Future for Young Drifters - J.M. Kurvers
How a boarding house in Rotterdam provides a base to learn independence

Child Protection Crisis in Britain - Implications World-wide - Charles Pragnell
The implications of discredited theories and practices

BOOK REVIEWS

Learning to Work Methodically in Residential Settings
by Lies Gualtherie van Weeze and Kees Waaldijk

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