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The ‘unobjectionable’ service: A legislative history of childminding
Author(s) -
OWEN SUE
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1988.tb00559.x
Subject(s) - legislation , legislature , state (computer science) , legislative history , public administration , law , political science , white paper , service (business) , economics , algorithm , computer science , economy
SUMMARY. This paper is a survey of state involvement in childminding, the legislation which has arisen from it and the legislative changes for which child care workers are now campaigning. After a century of legislation to protect young children, day care is still seen as no more than ‘unobjectionable’ with the major reforms of the 1987 White Paper omitted from the current Children Bill. A review of legislative discussions alerts us to contradictions which have caused problems for the registration and support of childminders to date. The debate on new law can he informed by the organised experiences and opinions of childminders themselves.