Who's Fit to be a Parent?

Opens up the boundaries between professional and personal expertise on parenting to discuss definitions of parenthood and responsibilities. Essential reading for professionals working in this area and parents themselves.

Mukti Jain Campion

Introduction Part I Parents on trial 1 The state versus parents-children into care 2 Other people' s children-who' s fit to adopt? 3 Parents apart-who keeps the children? 4 Playing God-the medical gift of children 5 Key themes from Part I Part II Parents on the edge 6 Disabled parents 7 Mentally handicapped parents 8 Drug addicted mothers 9 Gay parents 10 Teenage mothers 11 Older mothers 12 Single mothers 13 Lone fathers 14 Working mothers 15 Black parents 16 Key themes from Part II Part III The job description 17 The Ideal Model and the Actual Model of fit parenting 18 Implications of the Actual Model of fit parenting to assessment 19 Looking forward