著者

草野 舞

出版者

九州大学大学院人間環境学府教育システム専攻教育学コース

雑誌

飛梅論集

巻号頁・発行日

no.19, pp.51-67, 2019-03-29

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This article explains the process of justification for parental responsibility of bringing up children. In many historical articles about child welfare, it is taken for granted that the family, particularly parents are primarily responsible for their children. But it is still not clear now how parents became responsible for their children, in other words, how the assumption about family originated. Then, in this paper, I analyze the pamphlets issued after the enactment of the Children Act 1908, and clarify the process that the parent's responsibility to their children is considered as "commonplace" by explanation of the Children Act 1908. This analysis is also an attempt to reconsider our discussions on British child protection policy. From the end of 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, various child protection works were enforced in England. These policies had not only "development" of child protection, but also the function of prescribing the importance of families to the nation and the responsibilities of parents in child rearing.