The Nature of Children's Well-Being: Theory and Practice
The Nature of Children's Well-Being: Theory and Practice
Springer | Maternity, Perinatal & Women's Health | Oct. 1 2014 | ISBN-10: 9401792518 | 262 pages | pdf | 2.1 mb
Springer | Maternity, Perinatal & Women's Health | Oct. 1 2014 | ISBN-10: 9401792518 | 262 pages | pdf | 2.1 mb
This book presents new findings that deal with different facets of the well-being of children and their relevance to the proper treatment of children. The well-being of children is considered against the background of a wide variety of legal, political, medical, educational and familial perspectives. The book addresses diverse issues from a range of disciplinary perspectives using a variety of methods. It has three major sections with the essays in each section loosely organized about a common general theme. The first section focuses on issues concerning the relation between children’s well-being and autonomy or agency. The second section deals with child well-being insofar as the limits of parental authority are concerned. The third section has a more applied orientation and addresses a variety of public policy controversies involving the interpretation of children’s well-being.