Reviews : Lesbian Mothers on Trial: A Report on Lesbian Mothers and Child Custody Rights of Women, 1984; £2; pb; pp 58
| Published date | 01 June 1985 |
| Author | Chris Mackett |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058503200216 |
| Date | 01 June 1985 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
This book sets the problem of anorexia m its
of what we are good at and what we aren’t, who
wider social and political context, at the same time
we
can work
with and who we
can’t, what m
our
using case material and mcluding clear pointers
programme works and what doesn’t. We
might
about how
to work
with anorexics without denying
also begm to acknowledge how difficult it is to like
them the digmty of acknowledging their real needs
some
of our clients, that it’s not always easy to have
-
feeding them up is not enough and clearly does
them around the place all day, and begin to look
not and cannot work.
at how we manage the negative feelings and
SUE PRIESTLEY
stresses generated by these and other aspects of our
Crawley, West Sussex
work.
JOHN HUTCHINGS
Leicester Probation Day Centre:
SPO, Inner London Day
Training Centre
A
Guide for Staff
LEICESTERSHIRE PROBATION SERVICE
Lesbian Mothers on Trial: A Report on
This is not quite one of the world’s ten greatest
Lesbian Mothers and Child Custody
books but it is still worth readmg as a concise and
Rights of Women, 1984; £2; pb;
easily digestible
pp
58
account of what a particular group
This is a
of probation officers have been
report by a
doing in
group of lesbians into the
one
Probation
prejudice experienced by lesbian mothers in the
Service Day Centre since it opened six
legal process of deciding custody and access of
years ago. The
Leicester Centre is open three days
their children. It described a number
of cases where
a
week
from
9.00 am
to 5.00 pm
daily and it accepts
custody was awarded to the father purely on the
its members both voluntarily and as a condition of
grounds of the mother’s lesbianism, whilst another
a probation order. The guide begms with brief
chapter convincingly argues that the fact that a
notes on
its history and some comments on the ideas
women
is a lesbian does not mean
that she is an evil
around m
Leicestershire at the time it was started,
influence...
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