This issue of Early Childhood Matters has 11 articles:
1. The Challenges of Out of Home Care: Nigel Cantwell Gives suggestions for the best case scenario of out of home care.
2. Young Children in Institutional Care in Europe: Kevin Browne, Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis, Rebecca Johnson, Shihning Chou Emphasizes the need for reducing reliance on institutional care.
3. The State and Aboriginal children in the child welfare system in Canada 19: Cindy Blackstock, Jordan Ann Alderman Discusses the failures of the state to adequately address aboriginal child issues.
4. A challenge to family continuity and human rights: Jean Marie Anglade Looks at the effects of poverty on family continuity and family ties.
5. Children in prison with their mothers: Rachel Brett, Megan Bastick Calls for international guidelines for children whose mothers are in prison.
6. An interview with Emmanuel Sherwin: Interview discussing Mr. Sherwin's experience in out of home care.
7. Promoting foster care: A Cambodian experience: Laurence Gray Emphasizes the need for promoting foster care as the best option for this country.
8. Guatemala: Fostering children prior to adoption: Kelley McCreery Bunkers Discusses the need for guidelines and improvements to the foster care and adoption system.
9. South Africa: The case for child-headed households: Carol Bower Calls for a variety of options to be available for children without parents.
10. Thailand: Taking children’s views into account: Considering child and caretaker views are important in working and improving services.
11. Children born out of wedlock in Tunisia: Maria Luisa Fornara, Hela Skhiri Recognizes the need for deinstitutionalization.
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