Parent-focused interventions impact primarily on families living in disadvantaged communities, but there has been relatively little research into the challenges of bringing up children in these environments.

Parenting and Children's Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities explores how families living in these communities manage parent-child relationships during the middle childhood. Based on two linked studies, it examines the experiences and perspectives of parents and children living in disadvantaged communities in the West of Scotland, and highlights their points of view on the stresses and risks they face and the ways in which they deal with them.

This book offers insights for practitioners and policy-makers working in parenting, social exclusion and young people.

About the Author
Dr Peter Seaman, of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, carried out this research while at the Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society. He has previously researched parenting and the changing nature of family forms, emergency contraception and the causes of health inequalities. Professor Malcolm Hill is the director of the Glasgow Centre for the Child & Society and Associate Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. His recent work has been concerned with parenting, children's resilience, consulting young people, looked after children, the transition to secondary school, the Scottish children's hearings and young refugees. Dr Anne Stafford is deputy director of the Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity, University of Edinburgh, and has a background in child protection, having worked as head of policy and research for Children 1st for many years.


Book Information
ISBN 9781904787709
Author Katrina Turner
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint National Children's Bureau Enterprises Ltd
Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Weight(grams) 220g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 168mm * 8mm