In 1948 an act of parliament was established to form a compressive childcare service (Hendrick, 2010) this act was to enable local authorities to work closely with families, and started a new approach towards parent-child relations. Another imitative about this act was to "view children as individual human being with both shared and individualised needs rather than an indistinct mass” (Hendrick, 2010) …show more content…
The act centres on the idea that children are best cared for within their families even though this act does mention that certain times parents or families do not co operate with local authorities. The 1989 children act is spilt into six parts. Part one of the children’s act looks at the welfare of the, and it is stated that the welfare of the child is paramount. This takes into account the Childs wishes, physical, emotional and educations needs. (Legislation.gov.uk, 1989) Part one also looks at parental responsibility for children, within this act it discusses all rights duties powers responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child.(Legislation.co.uk,