And here's one I made earlier.... "The important thing about good
caregiving is that it is done by someone who not only protects you from
harm but also keeps you in mind, who thinks about you quite a lot of the
time, even when you are not there, someone who is interested in you, who
wants to know how you are, what you would like to eat, to play with, to
take to bed when you go to sleep, someone who knows about how you began in
life and, just as important as all the others, knows how to deal with you
when you behave badly." Dept of Health/Family Policy Studies Centre, 1995.
Children's needs are not subject to political or social change, but they
are far better understood now than at any time in history. A government's
duty is to grasp this, and it is fairly unpalatable. Up to now routine care
of children has been largely private, even though their protection (and
education) is public. You could say that the third way introduces the
rights and needs of a new generation (who do not, and should not, have the
vote) into the political arena. Dr Sebastian Kraemer, Tavistock & Portman
NHS Trust, London.
Dr Sebastian Kraemer
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