by David Niven | Nov 5, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Podcasts
The Social World Podcast After a good look at some of the inside pages in the media I discuss: A new book by a Swedish psychiatrist criticising liberal parenting and challenging a long held belief in Swedish society concerning the ways that children are disciplined...
by David Niven | Oct 30, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children
There seems to be a contradiction of opinion and statistics between anti-social behaviour and a survey of substantial numbers in the community, according to an article I recently read. A Deputy Chief Constable leading on anti-social behaviour pointed out that,...
by David Niven | Oct 18, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Training
Child Exploitation and Child Trafficking Listening to the counter child trafficking global online conference http://counterchildtrafficking.org/ that’s on it’s last day today has made me think of some of the acute challenges and terrible situations...
by David Niven | Oct 17, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children & Social Care, Media
The way the media covers missing children The focus of the worlds media again being on Madeline McCann makes me think again about children missing in the UK in general and how the media treats them. Her disappearance is a continuing tragedy and I hope that it has...
by David Niven | Oct 15, 2013 | Child Abuse, Podcasts, Social Work
To subscribe to the Social World Podcast for my thoughts on the social world click here – also leave reviews and comments. Welcome to the social world podcast second edition. Today I am going to cover 3 main topics. Firstly a look at new legislation being...
by David Niven | Oct 15, 2013 | Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media
Abusive images of children In recent years so much anxiety has been created amongst parent groups by an upsurge in the advice given about recording significant parts of childhood. The premise for this was that no child should have their picture taken or video made of...