Day 1: Thursday January 8th
10.30-11am Coffee
Darwin College Foyer
11am-1pm Session 1
Introduction and welcome to the series
Darwin Lecture Theatre 1 (DLT1)
Paranoid Parenting: a roundtable discussion
Chair:
Ellie Lee, senior lecturer in social policy, University of Kent In 2001 Frank Furedi published Paranoid Parenting, a book that set out the contours of contemporary parenting culture and explored its problems. This book generated a great deal of debate, and since its publication has influenced public discussion about ‘parenting’. A new edition was published in October 2008. In this opening session Frank Furedi will set out his thesis and discuss it with opinion formers.
Discussants:
Jennifer Howze, editor of Lifestyle at Times Online, and contributor to Alphamummy, Times Online
Penny Mansfield, Director, One Plus One Stephanie Calman, founder and CEO Bad Mothers Club www.badmothersclub.org.uk and author of numerous books including most recently How (Not) To Murder Your Mother
Hugh Cunningham, Emeritus Professor of Social History, University of Kent, and author of The Invention of Childhood and Children and Childhood in Western Society since 1500
1-2.15pm Lunch
Darwin Seminar 14/DLT3
2.15-3.30pm Session 2
DLT3
Chair:
Sally Sheldon, Professor of Law, University of Kent
Paper presentation: Parental responsibility as therapy
Helen Reece, Reader in Law, Birkbeck College, University of London
3.30-3.45pm Break
3.45-6pm Session 3
DLT3
Chair:
Jane Sandeman, convenor, Institute of Ideas Parents Forum
Panel discussion: Monitoring motherhood
Modernity and medicalisation of motherhood
Dr Mary Ann Kanieski, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana
Educated for Motherhood: natural instincts versus expert advice
Gayle Letherby, Professor of Sociology, Plymouth University
Childrearing against the dominant parenting culture? The practices and values of attachment parents in Britain
Dr Emma Head, lecturer in sociology, Keele University
6pm onwards Drinks and networking
Seminar dinner
Day 2: Friday January 9th
9.30-10.45am Session 4
DLT3
Chair:
Zoe Williams, columnist, The Guardian
Paper presentation: The Nuclear Family as Self Fulfilling Prophesy: Representations of Kin in TV Parenting Programmes
Ciara Doyle, PhD candidate Trinity College Dublin
10.45-11.15am Coffee
DS14/DLT3
11.15-12.45pm Session 5
DLT3
Chair:
Margarita Leon, lecturer in European social policy, University of Kent
Roundtable session: Boundaries of care and parenting
Dr Janice McLaughlin, Deputy Executive Director, Policy Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre, University of Newcastle
Discussants:
Rosemary Henn-Macrae, West Kent Manager - Disabled Children's Service, Kent County Council
12.45-2pm Lunch
DS14/DLT3
2-3.30pm Session 6
DLT3
Chair:
Dr Corinne Wilson Senior Lecturer, International Studies and Social Science, Coventry University
Panel discussion: Changing constructions of ‘problem’ mothers
Teenage parenthood and the construction of the new model parent
Dr Jan Macvarish, Research Associate, CHSS, University of Kent
Being a Good Mother: Morality, Age and Class
Maud Perrier, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick 3.30-
3.45 Closing remarks
DLT3
3.45-5pm Session 7 (closed)
DLT3
Looking ahead to the rest of the series: how to meet ESRC objectives
Coffee provided
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