That all sounds negative. What about the contribution that older people make within families? Grandparent care, for example? Or other positive aspects of intergenerational relationships?
Sandra
Dr. Sandra Shaw
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy,
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work,
C512, University of Salford, M5 4WT
Tel: 0161 295 2055
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Subject: Are intergenerational relationships toxic?
Have the baby boomers and their welfare state ruined life for younger generations?
Does parenting behaviour shape babies’ genetic inheritance and brain architecture?
Are cultures of worklessness passed on down the generations within particular families?
These and other questions will be addressed at the ‘Justice, Genes and Welfare: Are Intergenerational Relationships Toxic’ day event on 31st October 2013 at the Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University.
Speakers:
Jonathan White (LSE) on the generational timescale in thinking about societal problems
Susie Weller (LSBU) and Ros Edwards (Southampton) on young peoples’ aspirations
Val Gillies and Nicola Horsley (LSBU) on epigenetics and neuroscience in early intervention policies
Tracy Shildrick (Leeds) on the search for cultures of worklessness in families
Eldin Fahmy (Bristol) on ideas about intergenerational transmission of deprivation
Jane Pilcher (Leicester) will chair and overview the day.
This is a joint BSA Families and Relationships, and Youth Studies, Group event. To register please visit: www.britsoc.co.uk/study-groups/families-relationships.aspx
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