Child and Family Policy in an Anxious Society: Setting Feasible Goals for Social and Economic Development.

Autor/in	Hepworth, H. Philip
Titel	Child and Family Policy in an Anxious Society: Setting Feasible Goals for Social and Economic Development.
Quelle	(1979), (24 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Child Abuse; Cost Effectiveness; Day Care; Early Childhood Education; Economic Factors; Economic Progress; Economically Disadvantaged; Educational Needs; Family (Sociological Unit); Foreign Countries; Public Policy; Social Change; Social Services; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Tagespflege; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Ökonomischer Faktor; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Familie; Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Sozialer Wandel; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Kanada
Abstract	In a time of economic crisis, Canadians are questioning their social institutions. Major welfare programs may be dismantled under political pressure. Canadians should be cautious, though, in accepting radical, new ideas. Long-term interests may be damaged by planners' reliance on short-term social indicators. Our perceptions of social phenomena are conditioned by immediate surroundings, social agencies and mass media. Apparent change and new conditions may not be so pervasive when a long-range view is taken. For example, despite considerable social change, there has been continuity in the family. Reporters and researchers should trace linkages between social structures and local patterns of events to provide an accurate image of society. Social intervention should be based on broad social programs as has been done in the case of education. Early child health and early childhood education services should be attached to the universal education system rather than to separate agencies which operate on a case-by-case basis. Now, while the pressure of population growth is reduced, Canadians can improve their educational and social service programs rather than dismantle them. We should provide educational opportunities as a parent gives love, without stipulations, without expectation of gratitude, without automatic economic return. Substantial monthly payments to families with children should be provided. (Author/RH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC