Child well-being : understanding children's lives / edited by Colette McAuley and Wendy Rose ; foreword by Dame Gillian Pugh.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Child well-being, child development and family lives / Jane Aldgate -- Children's views on child well-being / Colette McAuley, Roger Morgan, and Wendy Rose -- Introducing the concept of child well-being into government policy / Wendy Rose and John Rowlands -- How schools can contribute to pupil's well-being / Pamela Munn -- Youth, civic engagement and support : promoting well-being with the assistance of the UNESCO agenda / Pat Dolan -- Developing indicators for child well-being in a changing context / Asher Ben-Arieh -- National reporting on child well-being : the State of the Nation's Children's reports in the Republic of Ireland / Anne-Marie Brooks -- The challenge of improving children's well-being and measuring outcomes : an American perspective / Peter J. Pecora and Markell Harrison-Jackson -- The subjective well-being of children / Jonathan Bradshaw, Gwyther Rees, and Haridhan Goswami.

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Child well-being, which covers everything from family relationships to their material well-being, is now increasingly being talked about in policy and practice nationally and internationally. However, a lack of clarity remains about what the idea really means and how it can help children. This book brings together contributions from international experts in order to define child well-being and to further understand how it can improve children's lives. Issues covered include how the idea is being used in government policy and practice in the UK and USA, how children can contribute to the unders.

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