TY - JOUR
T1 - Love in a Time of Colic
T2 - Mobilizing Professional Love in Relationships with Children and Young People to Promote Their Resilience and Wellbeing
AU - Purcell, Martin
AU - Page, Jools
AU - Reid, Jim
PY - 2022/7/1
Y1 - 2022/7/1
N2 - Children and young people in the UK face myriad challenges, which we characterize as colic: the deleterious impact of uncertainty, stress and precarity on their mental health and wellbeing, particularly in their social bonds and relationships. We present findings from studies in the North of England which used focus group, individual interview and experimental LEGO® modeling sessions with 23 child and youth professionals working in a variety of roles and settings, to determine how demonstrating love within their professional relationships with children and young people can scaffold their resilience to these challenges and enhance mental health and wellbeing. We use thematic analysis to make meaning from the data, and we relate the findings to our extrapolation of Page’s developmental steps in early years professional practice, highlighting the potential for the concept of Professional Love to enhance children and young people’s wellbeing.
AB - Children and young people in the UK face myriad challenges, which we characterize as colic: the deleterious impact of uncertainty, stress and precarity on their mental health and wellbeing, particularly in their social bonds and relationships. We present findings from studies in the North of England which used focus group, individual interview and experimental LEGO® modeling sessions with 23 child and youth professionals working in a variety of roles and settings, to determine how demonstrating love within their professional relationships with children and young people can scaffold their resilience to these challenges and enhance mental health and wellbeing. We use thematic analysis to make meaning from the data, and we relate the findings to our extrapolation of Page’s developmental steps in early years professional practice, highlighting the potential for the concept of Professional Love to enhance children and young people’s wellbeing.
KW - Children and Young People
KW - Professional love
KW - Relationships
KW - Resilience
KW - Wellbeing
KW - relationships
KW - children and young people
KW - wellbeing
KW - Professional Love
KW - resilience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092333544&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0145935X.2020.1820320
DO - 10.1080/0145935X.2020.1820320
M3 - Article
VL - 43
SP - 3
EP - 27
JO - Child and Youth Services
JF - Child and Youth Services
SN - 0145-935X
IS - 1
ER -