Growing up with parents who have learning difficulties /
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| Author / Creator: | Booth, Timothy A., 1947- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 222 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11165295 |
| Summary: | Growing up with Parents who have Learning Difficulties uses a life-story approach to present new evidence about how children from such families manage the transition to adulthood, and about the longer-term outcomes of such an upbringing. It offers a view of parental competence as a social attribute rather than an individual skill, assessing the implications for institutional policies and practices. The authors address the notion of children having to parent their disabled parents and argue for a shift in emphasis from protecting children to supporting families.<br> <br> This innovative booknbsp;provides a fresh approach to a subject rife with prejudice and challenges us to think again about many taken-for-granted ideas about the process of parenting and the needs of children. It also demonstrates the power of narrative research and its capacity for bringing alive people's experience in a way that enables us to better understand their lives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 222 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-222). |
| ISBN: | 0203981391 9780203981399 9780415166553 0415166551 9780415166560 041516656X 9786610158034 6610158037 1280158034 9781280158032 1134706979 9781134706976 |