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University of Kent aims to change parenting culture(18/01/2009)
The idea for the 'Changing Parenting Culture' seminar series emerged from discussions at a conference held at the University of Kent in 2007. Titled 'Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the Age of Intensive Parenting', this conference brought together scholars and researchers from a wide range of disciplines and generated widespread energetic debate. Since then, an informal research network - Parenting Culture Studies (PCS) - has been established. One of the principal achievements of this net... [more]
Ignoring parenting experts may be best for your child(05/11/2008)
A new edition of Paranoid Parenting by Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, calls for parents to ignore the policymakers and 'parenting experts', and to regain a viewpoint that advances children's wellbeing. First published by Continuum Books in 2001, Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May be Best for Your Child turned the spotlight on a society where children are deemed at risk from an ever expanding range of dangers, such as cots, babysitters, school, th... [more]
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