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Parental adequacy, parenting failure and parents with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 2(3), May 1994, pp.161-172.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The incidence of parenting failure among people with learning difficulties is widely presumed to be high although existing research is characterised by a number of methodological shortcomings. Draws on material from an in-depth study of people with learning difficulties to show that the three variables commonly used to assess parental inadequacy - child care problems, the admission of a child into care or the termination of parental rights - cannot be taken at face value as evidence of lack of competence or parenting failure. Such outcomes are more accurately viewed as deficiencies in services or supports.