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'It's the way they look at you': Why discrimination towards young parents is a policy and practice issue (2022)
Journal Article
Owens, R. (2022). 'It's the way they look at you': Why discrimination towards young parents is a policy and practice issue. Children & Society, 36(6), 1280-1295. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12575

Qualitative research has long critiqued a simplistic association between youth parenting and poor outcomes. Despite this, the UK youth parenting policy continues to view young parents through a narrow deficit lens, focused on assumed risk rather than... Read More about 'It's the way they look at you': Why discrimination towards young parents is a policy and practice issue.