Full Description
What is the role of early childhood practice in understanding the needs of parents and carers today?
This book:
*Considers the perspectives of those parents/carers marginalised by current practice
*Provokes thinking about how settings can become more inclusive in their practice
*Supports students to challenge their own assumptions about parents
Each chapter considers a group of families that may be marginalised in practice. The book suggests respectful, co-productive ways for students and early childhood practitioners, across the sectors, to work together. Each chapter asks current and future practitioners to reflect on and challenge their current practice.
Contents
The politics of parenting - Helen Simmons
The potential of co-production - Katarzyna Fleming and Penny Borkett
Understanding food allergies and anaphylaxis - Philippa Thompson
Race and inequality in early childhood health - Valerie Daniel
Understanding and supporting adoptive families - Jenny Boldrin
Working with LGBT+ parent led families - Aaron Bradbury
Perspectives on multilingualism - Martin Needham
Cultural approaches to parenting - Hattie Campbell
Supporting refugee families - Donna Gaywood, Tony Bertram and Chris Pascal
Student mothers in higher education - Kay Owen and Helen Simmons
Practice perspective: Parents as experts - Wendy Kettleborough
Practice Perspective: Learning from Tanzania - Mwajuma Kibwana, Davis Gisuka and Philippa Thompson
