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Children, Parents and the State: The Children Act, 1908
Author(s) -
Stewart John
Publication year - 1995
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.1099-0860.1995.tb00443.x
Subject(s) - parallels , legislation , state (computer science) , welfare , welfare state , child care , focus (optics) , law , political science , sociology , medicine , economics , pediatrics , operations management , physics , optics , algorithm , politics , computer science
SUMMARY: This article examines the first major consolidating piece of child welfare legislation in Britain, the 1908 Children Act. The focus is on the relationship established between child, parent, and state. Contemporary reasons for the need for this re‐ordered relationship are suggested, but it is also argued that in certain respects parallels can be found between the Edwardian Act and that of 1989. This in turn suggests the persistence of certain issues in child welfare, and especially that of the division of responsibilities for the care of children between parents and State.