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Good enough parenting for all children
a strategy for a
healthier society
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Over recent years there has been a crescendo of political and
public concern about a variety of issues which taken together suggest
an impending crisis in our society. These include a rising incidence of
*crime, violence, and delinquency and an ever increasing prison
population, together with concern about deteriorating discipline in
many schools. In addition there is increasing evidence that family
breakdown through parental separation, divorce, or single parenthood
has deleterious effects on the lives of children.1 Drug
addiction and homelessness are increasing, as is the number of children
living in conditions of poverty.2 There remains a
continued background of concern about the high incidence of child abuse
and neglect in all its forms, and confusion about society's apparent
failure to manage it effectively.3 (*Recorded crimes per
year rose from l.6 million offences recorded by police in l970 to 5.6 million in l992; the figure for total crimes in l992 is
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