Premium
The uncelebrated parent: stories of mothers with learning difficulties caught in the child protection net
Author(s) -
Booth Tim,
Booth Wendy
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2005.00368.x
Subject(s) - interview , narrative , child protection , psychology , learning disability , developmental psychology , state (computer science) , safety net , politics , sociology , political science , law , art , literature , algorithm , computer science , anthropology
Summary This paper presents the stories of three mothers with learning difficulties whose children have been involved in care proceedings. Drawing on the example of the legendary interviewer, Studs Terkel, the authors let the mothers describe their experiences of the child protection system in their own words. From out of their intensely personal accounts comes a political narrative about the role of the state in the policing of marginalized and vulnerable families.