| Exploiting Childhood: How Fast Food, Material Obsession and Porn Culture Are Creating New Forms of Child Abuse Contributor(s): Haff, Stephen (Contribution by), Wild, Jim (Editor), Orbach, Susie (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1849053685 ISBN-13: 9781849053686 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Abuse - Child Abuse |
| Dewey: 362.76 |
| LCCN: 2013026939 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" (0.72 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Children deserve to live a life that is safe from exploitation and harm, but are we failing in our duty to protect them? Childhood today is big business - it is impossible for any child growing up to avoid pervasive and intense marketing from companies. Whether it be for fatty foods resulting in childhood obesity, expensive franchised toys which encourage tension within families and stigma among friends, or 'pornified' role models who pervert children's ideas of sexuality, research clearly shows that commercial pressures are having a direct impact on children's psychological development and health. This book draws together a series of hard-hitting articles contributed by key thinkers on child welfare and child psychology including Oliver James, Susie Orbach and Gail Dines. Together they identify new and emerging forms of child exploitation, and editor Jim Wild constructs a powerful argument for why current child protection procedures designed to protect children from abuse are no longer adequate. Outspoken and challenging, this book invites us to consider our responsibility for preventing the harm children are experiencing, and is required reading for anyone concerned with the welfare of children. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wild, Jim: - Jim Wild is a writer, trainer and activist in the field of child protection and safeguarding work. He is founder of The Centre for Active and Ethical Learning (www.activelearningcpac.org.uk) which organises national events and delivers training on child protection for frontline workers. He was previously a social work lecturer at Nottingham Trent University for 7 years, and before that worked on the frontline in child protection for 15 years. Jim is also editor of two further books: Working with Men for Change (Routledge) and The Value-Base of Social Work and Social Care (Open University Press).Batmanghelidjh, Camila: - Camila Batmanghelidjh trained as a psychotherapist and for more than twenty years has worked with exceptionally disturbed children and young people in the two charities she has founded, The Place2Be and Kids Company. Focusing on the inner city, these have concentrated on giving vulnerable children greater resilience in the face of traumatic life experiences. Kids Company has been the subject of several documentaries, and in 2005 Camila was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year. She is also UK Woman of the Year 2006. |
