FROM THE EDITOR

Editorial:
Our duty to protect children

Cuttings
A miscellany of news and comment on topical issues including - Fathers 4 Justice, pocket money tables and the importance of touch for pre-schoolers

In This Issue
a summary of this month's magazine

ARTICLES

Keeping the Net Safe
A look at the safety issues with regard to children and young people, plus advice on how to keep them safe

Ten Year Plan
What the Government’s decade of promises really means for childcare

Against the Odds - Torey Hayden
A moving account of this teacher’s struggle to reach out to one severely disturbed little girl

Adoption Stories - Love Child
ITV’s two-part documentary on post-war adoption practice, the joy and heartache it caused

Children’s Homes - Time for Another Look: David Lane
Time for another look at this method of caring for looked after children?

The Disappointing Geographies of Children's Rights - Hugh Matthews
A thought-provoking analysis of smacking laws across Europe

Social Care Association
Latest news from this industry body

Someone to Watch Over Me - Bill McKitterick
A personal view from the Director of Social Services involved in the recent documentary series

I Fight a Battle
Another poem from the book "Rattle my Cool"

REGULAR COLUMNS

In Residence -Stranger on the Shore - Dr Keith White
A thought-provoking look at the way some Indian organisations are approaching the care of Tsunami orphans

The All Parliamentary Group for Children - Alison Linsey
The views of young people on how politicians could improve their lot

In Care : That's my Brother - Part 4
Life takes a miserable turn for his brother Mikey

Hesley Column - Ten Successful Years - Lesley Durston
Staff and pupils celebrate Purbeck View’s tenth birthday

The Gus Greene Column - Trained and Ready for Testing
Newly promoted and struggling to cope with the attitude of his boss

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