Low-income and poor families were found to contain one-third of all of the children in American working families. Other compelling topics in this volume include low-income families and the Family and Medical Leave Act, poor children and the internet, and the increase in economic insecurity among low-income families who increasingly live on credit.

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This reader provides a critical perspective on work with children and young people at a time of change. It examines the ways that ideas inform practice, explores recent changes in the organisation of services and addresses what it means to be a critical, reflective practitioner.