Released on: April 1, 2008, 4:56 am

Press Release Author: Jeremy Curtis

Industry: Consumer Services

Press Release Summary: On 1 April 2008 Children Webmag will be publishing its 100th
edition. To mark this event we will be publishing a bumper issue of more than 60
articles.

Press Release Body:
United Kingdom, April 1, 2008 -- The first publication of Children Webmag, in
January 2000, was a ground-breaking format for a magazine in this field, and we
coined the word Webmag. Now, more than eight years on, we have published more than
1500 articles about child care and other issues concerning children and young
people. If you want to count them all, they are still there, accessible on the web.

Children Webmag is a unique free international resource for all those working with
children and in child care. It is devoted to promoting high standards of
professionalism and disseminating knowledge and research in this field. Because it
is electronic, it is accessible to workers with children and young people around the
world, and because all the material is archived, it remains available for reference.


Children Webmag has campaigned for higher standards of child care, for social
pedagogy, for the creation of a child care profession, for better international
links between people working with children and young people, and for an end to
physical punishment for children. In particular it has argued for greater importance
to be given to childhood and the care and upbringing of children and young people.

This 100th edition is a bumper issue, with more than sixty articles to celebrate.
There is a handful of articles about social pedagogy, several describing good
practice in residential child care, a number on early years subjects, some
fascinating insights into the history of child care, a number where authors are
agitating for change, some personal recollections, and a host of other contributions
from a dozen countries.

To pick a few examples, Charles Pragnell criticises current adoption practice. Sir
William Utting movingly recalls his time in hospital as a three-year-old. Susanna
Dawson writes of the job satisfaction in childminding. Professor Ewan Anderson
analyses residential care standards. Two Professors - Chris Payne and Soeren
Hegstrup - raise concerns about restraint and holding. Marc Mannes introduces
developmental assets. David Kidney MP writes about consulting children and young
people. Dr Suncica Macura-Milovanovic writes about Roma children in Serbia. And so
on. Real variety, and something for everyone interested in child care.


Dr Keith J. White, Chair of Children Webmag Management Board, said, "From the very
outset the Children Webmag has been a medium through which everyone engaged
alongside children and young people has been able to communicate and share
information, experiences, wisdom and ideas. It is in my view a model of a
professional and free-thinking journal. It is in no one's pocket or thrall, and the
briefest of scans of the rich variety of material, demonstrates that the writers
have a deep respect for children and young people, as well as for the readers. My
hope is that in years to come it will become the natural place to visit on the
internet for all who care deeply about the wellbeing of children both now, and in
future generations".

Access to Children Webmag is free, and anyone wanting to be a regular reader can be
put on the monthly prompt list by visiting www.childrenwebmag.com. Contributors
should send material to Editor@childrenwebmag.com. Since the Webmag is charitably
funded, sponsors are also welcome.

Notes for Editors

1 Children Webmag has an independent Board, and is in the process of registering as
an educational charity. Since its foundation it has been supported financially
and/or managerially by the Social Education Trust, Caring for Children, the Hesley
Foundation, the Charterhouse Group, the Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care
and the University of Northampton.

2 Children Webmag has no political or religious affiliations, but welcomes
contributions from authors from all backgrounds, representing a wide range of
viewpoints.

3 Children Webmag has readers in over fifty countries in any one week, but
approximately half of the readership is from the United Kingdom, with a large
percentage also from North America. The main group of readers is made up of people
working directly with children and young people, with substantial percentages of
managers, lecturers, people from allied professions, parents and grandparents.
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Contact:
Children Webmag
Jeremy Curtis
United Kingdom
01924 251160
jeremy@flint-it.com
http://www.childrenwebmag.com



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Contact Details: Children Webmag
Jeremy Curtis
United Kingdom
01924 251160
jeremy@flint-it.com
http://www.childrenwebmag.com