Re: Changes in patterns of child neglect

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>From: Donald MacKenzie <donald.j.mackenzie@btinternet.com>
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>Randall Webber wrote:
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>> >One of the areas of stress about which we are most concerned is the
>> increase in domestic violence which is related to welfare-to-work
>> initiatives.  Some of the male partners of women who are attempting to
>> move from welfare into the work force are threatened by "her" potential for
>> economic independence and, possibly, personal independence.  They throw up
>> all kinds of roadblocks, the most serious of which is the initiation or
>> intensification of domestic violence.
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>This is fascinating for a UK audience, given the present policy of our
>government expressed in The Childcare Initiative. Some commentators argue that
>the principle of providing day care services on the basis of the need of the
>child is being sacrificed to a programme that will provide day care principally
>to promote greater employment among home-based child carers.
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>Randy's comments suggest anecdotal evidence (Forgive me if I'm wrong). Is there
>any published research on this?
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