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Unhappy Families
Adam Ferner
其他書名
Childcare in a Hopeless World
出版Agenda, 2024-09-26
主題Education / Special Education / Behavioral, Emotional & Social DisabilitiesFamily & Relationships / Adoption & FosteringFamily & Relationships / Parenting / GeneralPhilosophy / Ethics & Moral PhilosophySocial Science / GeneralSocial Science / Feminism & Feminist TheorySocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN178821742X9781788217422
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nqun0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Adam Ferner's short, engaging book explores the ethical dimensions of childcare in a world riven by conflict, inequality and the climate emergency. He argues that widespread attitudes towards biological parenthood contribute to these worsening crises and he examines the liberatory potential of foster-care and adoption.


Written in a clear and jargon-free style, the book is also informed by Ferner's extensive experience as a youth worker, child-minder and child support worker. He foregrounds the concerns of young people largely marginalised by society, and argues against the prevailing orthodoxy that hope is a necessary element of childcare. The book challenges us to look afresh at our everyday notions of parenthood, childcare and reproduction and to question the dominant ethos of the family.