Neglected dimensions of child well-being |
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| Authors: | Michael Bourdillon |
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| Institution: | Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe |
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| Abstract: | Academic researchers on children should not ignore criteria for children's well-being. Starting from the observation that attempts at protection from harmful work has often damaged children's opportunities, the article argues that protection must be broader than simply protection from particular risks, and take in protection of opportunities. Moreover, researchers need to find ways to look beyond material and cognitive development to neglected areas of well-being sometimes referred to as ‘spiritual’. |
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| Keywords: | child labour child protection risk childhood poverty moral and spiritual development positive emotions |
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