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TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing ‘spoiled identities'
T2 - parents’ experiences of compulsory parenting support programmes
AU - Holt, Amanda
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - While recent years have seen a rapid growth of research exploring the usefulness of parenting support programmes, no empirical research to date has specifically explored experiences of compulsory parenting support. The present study examines the narrative accounts of 17 parents who, through a Parenting Order, were made to participate in such programmes. Findings suggest that the particular nature of court-sanctioning, and the ‘spoiled identity’ it produces, shapes how parents subsequently experience their parenting support. It concludes that government rhetoric should not use findings from voluntary attendance to support extending the use of compulsory parenting support programmes.
AB - While recent years have seen a rapid growth of research exploring the usefulness of parenting support programmes, no empirical research to date has specifically explored experiences of compulsory parenting support. The present study examines the narrative accounts of 17 parents who, through a Parenting Order, were made to participate in such programmes. Findings suggest that the particular nature of court-sanctioning, and the ‘spoiled identity’ it produces, shapes how parents subsequently experience their parenting support. It concludes that government rhetoric should not use findings from voluntary attendance to support extending the use of compulsory parenting support programmes.
KW - parenting orders
KW - parenting support
KW - resistance
KW - youth justice
U2 - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00255.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00255.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 24
SP - 413
EP - 423
JO - Children and Society
JF - Children and Society
SN - 0951-0605
IS - 5
ER -