Understanding Parent Blame

Institutional Failure and Complex Trauma
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7523-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Blame the parents. It’s a common reaction to any failure in children’s behaviour or to their safety, and yet so many issues – from education and economic to social care and mental health – arise from the failure of the state to provide adequate support to children and their families.

This edited collection brings together academics, practitioners and activists along with contributions from parents and young people who have experienced the trauma of being caught up in the process of blame. It explores the nature and causes of parent blame and interrogates its prevalence, impact and potential pathways for reform.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clements, Luke

Aiello, Ana Laura

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction – Luke Clements and Ana Laura Aiello

2. Recurring themes: parent blame and systems-generated trauma – Luke Clements and Ana Laura Aiello

3. Parent blame and complex trauma – Peter Baker, Linda Hume and Vivien Cooper

4. Parent blame in education: working together to find solutions to school attendance difficulties – Louise Parker Engels

5. That woman! – Amy Payne (pseudonym)

6. Fabricated or induced illness: the controversial history, missing evidence base and iatrogenic harm – Andy Bilson, Alessandro Talia, Taliah Drayak, Mary Margaret (pseudonym), Sarah Smith (pseudonym) and Michelle Spence

7. Managing the data: allegations that parents are fabricating or inducing their child’s illness – Luke Clements, Ana Laura Aiello and Derek Tilley

8. Child protection and the experiences of autistic parents accused of fabricated or induced illness – Cathleen Long, Rachel Gavin and Esther Whitney

9. A sibling perspective on fabricated or induced illness – Kaydence Drayak

10. Parent blame and the NHS – Amy (pseudonym)

11. Forging an Alliance – Lucy Fullard

12. Conclusions: The way forward – Luke Clements, Ana Laura Aiello, Louise Arnold and Lucy Fullard

Über Autor(innen)

Luke Clements is Cerebra Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds.

Ana Laura Aiello is Cerebra Postdoctoral Researcher in Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds.