Jennie Bristow

Jennie Bristow writes about parenting culture and intergenerational relations. She is editor of the BPAS journal Abortion Review, and runs the editing service Punctuate!. Bristow is author of Standing Up To Supernanny (Imprint Academic 2009) and co-author of Licensed to Hug: How child protection policies are poisoning the relationship between the generations and damaging the voluntary sector (Civitas 2008). Bristow writes the monthly ‘Guide to Subversive Parenting’ on spiked and edits the website www.ParentsWithAttitude.com.

 Related Sessions

Saturday 1 November 2008, 10.30am Seminar Space
Professionalising parenting

Saturday 1 November 2008, 1.30pm Seminar Space
The problem with families


 Publications

Standing Up to Supernanny (Imprint, 2009)
Licensed to Hug: How Child Protection Policies Are Poisoning the Relationship Between the Generations and Damaging the Voluntary Sector [with Frank Furedi] (Civitas, 2008)
Maybe I Do: Marriage and Commitment in Singleton Society (Academy of Ideas, 2002)


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