Stadum B
St. Cloud State University, Department of Social Work, MN.
Child Welfare. 1995 Jan-Feb;74(1):33-55.
Early in this century, reformers lobbied for regulation of child labor and compulsory school attendance. This article draws on their publications, agency case records, professional literature, and historical studies to examine the role of social workers in implementing the new reforms and the reactions of parents and children in low-income households who were affected by the legislative changes. The precarious nature of family self-sufficiency and social workers' ambivalence toward child labor led to conflict between professionals and client families. Missing at the time was professional acknowledgment of economic security for families as a fundamental necessity for children's welfare.
本世纪初，改革者们游说争取对童工进行监管并实行义务教育。本文借鉴他们的出版物、机构案例记录、专业文献以及历史研究，来审视社会工作者在实施新改革过程中所扮演的角色，以及受立法变革影响的低收入家庭中父母和孩子的反应。家庭自给自足的不稳定性质以及社会工作者对童工问题的矛盾态度，导致了专业人士与客户家庭之间的冲突。当时缺失的是专业人士对家庭经济安全作为儿童福利基本必要条件的认可。
