Judgements about parenting: what do social workers think they are doing?

✍ Scribed by Brigid Daniel

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 113 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-9136
• DOI: 10.1002/1099-0852(200003/04)9:2<91::aid-car594>3.0.co;2-a

✦ Synopsis

The important elements of parenting to ensure a child's well-being ž What underpins their decision-making about child care and protection

'Good enough parenting' is a phrase that has been used for some time (Winnicott, 1965), but it is by no means evident that everyone uses it to represent the same concept. When a social worker uses the term 'good enough parenting', they may mean that the child is receiving consistent and optimum physical and emotional care or they may mean that the child