Social Pedagogy vs Corporate Parenting

In a Huffington Post Article this week to mark World Social Work Day, Hayley Meachin laments the state of Corporate Parenting in the UK through which looked after children leave care disadvantaged, with higher rates of criminal offending and teenage pregnancy, and lower educational achievement. Meachin suggests we should look to other countries, particularily Germany and Denmark where the social pedagogy model predominates and the outcomes for young people in need of state care are correspondingly improved.  For further reading see Petrie, P. (2006). Working with children in care. Open University Press.