Is There a Place for Children as Emotional Beings in Child Protection Policy and Practice?

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Title: Is There a Place for Children as Emotional Beings in Child Protection Policy and Practice?
Language: English
Authors: Drake, Gabrielle, Edenborough, Michel, Falloon, Jan, Fattore, Tobia, Felton, Rhea, Mason, Jan, Mogensen, Lise
Source: International Journal of Emotional Education. Apr 2019 11(1):115-134.
Availability: Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health. Old Humanities Building (OH) Room 241, University of Malta, MSD 2080, Malta. Tel: +356-2340-3014; Web site: http://www.um.edu.mt/ijee
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Safety, Well Being, Program Descriptions, Emotional Response, Public Policy, Personal Autonomy, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Children, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Catholic Schools, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Play, Student Attitudes, Family Environment, Environment, Federal Legislation
Geographic Terms: Australia
ISSN: 2073-7629
Abstract: The emotional aspects of children's social relations have generally been marginalised in social science discourse. Children, who participated in the Australian segment of the Children's Understandings of Well-being (CUWB) project used various media to 'voice' the importance for their well-being of emotional relatedness with family, friends, animals and places. In this paper we place our construction of children's discussion of emotional relatedness in the context of the 'emotional turn' in research and briefly describe how the methodology for our project facilitated an understanding of the importance of children's emotions for their lives in the present. We then focus on the significance for child protection policy and practice, of what children tell us about feeling safe, as this relates to the importance of agency and relatedness with people and also with places.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2019
Accession Number: EJ1213734
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The emotional aspects of children's social relations have generally been marginalised in social science discourse. Children, who participated in the Australian segment of the Children's Understandings of Well-being (CUWB) project used various media to 'voice' the importance for their well-being of emotional relatedness with family, friends, animals and places. In this paper we place our construction of children's discussion of emotional relatedness in the context of the 'emotional turn' in research and briefly describe how the methodology for our project facilitated an understanding of the importance of children's emotions for their lives in the present. We then focus on the significance for child protection policy and practice, of what children tell us about feeling safe, as this relates to the importance of agency and relatedness with people and also with places.
ISSN:2073-7629