The Dependent Child : : A Story of Changing Aims and Methods in the Care of Dependent Children / / Henry W. Thurston.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Thurston, Henry W.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1930]; ©1930
• Year of Publication: 1930
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (342 p.)

Presents a cooperative effort of child welfare workers and students of social work to understand what each community ought to attempt to do for and with dependent children. Begins with a look back to the days of Queen Elizabeth and children in slavery and explores the issue through the 1800's and early 1900's.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD FROM THE DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH -- II . INDENTURE AS A FORWARD STEP IN CHILD CARE -- III . THE ALMSHOUSE DOOR OPENED WIDER IN 1824 -- IV. REALITIES OF CHILD LIFE IN THE MIXED ALMSHOUSE -- V. ORPHAN ASYLUMS AS A STEP FORWARD IN CHILD CARE -- VI. THE FORM OF INDENTURE REJECTED: DEVELOPMENT OF THE FREE FOSTER FAMILY HOME MOVEMENT -- VII. SYMPATHY AND SENTIMENT BEGIN TO INVOKE THE AID OF SCIENCE: " WHAT DOES THE CHILD REALLY NEED?" -- VIII. SURVIVALS OF OUTWORN ATTITUDES AND METHODS IN PRESENT-DAY INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES -- 9. TRENDS IN ENGLAND SINCE 1834 -- 10. TRANSITIONS TOWARD BETTER ATTITUDES AND METHODS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX