2.3: Section summary

In this section, we have drawn on the academic literature to think about the different ways that we can frame the concept of care. These framings acknowledge that care can be both complex and challenging. However, quite a lot of this literature looks at care with a focus on adults (e.g., elder care) and that when we think about care in childhood, there are other key issues to be taken into account.

In the next section, we are going to explore ‘care’ and ‘childhood’ as interactional concepts.

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