H&P Parenting Forum

The @historypolicy Parenting Forum, bringing together historians, policy makers and journalists interested in all things parenting, past and present

[H&P Parenting Forum @HandPParenting]

Drum roll... our new website (https://t.co/lkQb8JXzd3) and blog (https://t.co/iuyeIKhLDb) are now launched! #parenting #twitterstorians

[Knowledge Exchange Unit at UK Parliament @UKParl_Research]

Do you know the process that select committees go through when they conduct inquiries? See the step-by-step here👇 #UKPfR

[Children's History Society @histchild]

Depictions of black fatherhood 'ignor(e) the terrible history... inflicted by Europeans on other races: teenager Tanner Reid-Brady challenges racist media on the death of his friend due to knife crime

[History & Policy at Leeds @PolicyHistory]

Today, a @HistoryPolicy training session on engaging with select committees. Lots of top tips coming up! First off, see what calls for evidence there are - here: https://t.co/9fNkoN63hF

[Max Antony-Newman @maxantonynewman]

"Narcissistic parenting in an insecure world: A history of parenting culture 1920s to present" Excellent from @policypress https://t.co/2FBD4J1SBY @CPCS_UniKent @janetifimust @JessicaCalarco @WithEqualStep #parenting @HandPParenting @Parentengage @HollyEsquire @LSEsociology

[Anne Longfield @annelongfield]

Some horrific experiences of teenagers in dire unsuitable accommodation with little or no support. I’ll be asking the Minister to look closely at this and to consider what action he can take to ensure that no children are put at risk in this way.

[History & Policy @HistoryPolicy]

Listen to the recorded presentations by @JimGrossmanAHA @Jcrankers @Contemp_History @britishscholar @SigmundMarx @AustPolicyHist @RobertaBivins @SallyBSheard @jenny_crane @DloweDavid @danekkennedy @DrAndrewBlick @DrLauraKing at our international conference https://t.co/u74ulTJgAY

[H&P Parenting Forum @HandPParenting]

On the symbolic, emotional and legal meanings of 'parenting': "Americans adopters became ‘parents’ to their wards. In Britain, where adoption did not exist as a legal category until 1926, humanitarians raising foreign children imagined themselves as godparents or foster parents."

[H&P Parenting Forum @HandPParenting]

"Inter-war international adoption exposes a paradox...while children were of great value to Anglo-American philanthropists, the very same children were assumed to be of no value to their families and communities."

Such a powerful article by @Emily_Baughan
https://t.co/kyhITKCpIl

[Sarah Kenny @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social @DrSarahLKenny]

Folks, this is your one day warning! Abstracts for Rethinking Disruptive Sex are due tomorrow. Thanks to generous support from the @RoyalHistSoc we'll be able to provide a number of small travel bursaries for PGR and precarious academics.

[History & Policy at Leeds @PolicyHistory]

This has to be a starting point for any historian, and needs careful thought as historians often propagate myths about simple links between past, present and future, as Klaus Neumann highlights #historypolicy

[History & Policy at Leeds @PolicyHistory]

One of the key messages coming from lots of talks is the need for historians to be able to provide a complex but understandable explanation of what history offers when talking to policy makers. Not 'lessons' from the past. #historypolicy

[History & Policy at Leeds @PolicyHistory]

And finally @jenny_crane on activism and the NHS - the role of the patients and public. Learning about people power as a weapon for change (or stopping change) - where public engagement meets policy engagement #historypolicy

[History & Policy at Leeds @PolicyHistory]

Now on to @SallyBSheard on the planning and strategy around the NHS. The continual failure to learn again - even when there is an attempt to think historically. Professional historians are crucial - a witness seminar as key methodology #historypolicy

[History & Policy at Leeds @PolicyHistory]

First, @RobertaBivins on migration and health. So much well documented recent history - which is totally ignored. Providing familiar case studies can help public health workers think through the current situation #historypolicy

[History & Policy at Leeds @PolicyHistory]

The next panel focuses on health and wellbeing, and particularly the NHS in the UK - with @RobertaBivins @jenny_crane and @SallyBSheard #historypolicy

[Jonathan Reinarz @reinarzhistory]

Did you know the Bham Women’s Hospital passed a rule in the 1890s specifying that at least half of its 18 member managing board needed to be women?

[History & Policy @HistoryPolicy]

Heritage is something which makes people feel good, history is something which makes people feel uncomfortable, says @JimGrossmanAHA #historypolicy

[Laura King @DrLauraKing]

For #twitterstorians interested in policy engagement and public history, check out this #historypolicy event today https://t.co/WvG4qBv5Eh and follow @HistoryPolicy @PolicyHistory

[H&P Parenting Forum @HandPParenting]

Really interesting issue and tricky given the political climate. What role does history of children, families and the state have today? #historypolicy https://t.co/1gLLhwZBqJ

[History & Policy at Leeds @PolicyHistory]

A crucial question for historians is how history can and should intervene in debates about child poverty, which is at shocking levels, as outlined by Simon Szreter and shown in Pat Thane's recent policy paper -https://t.co/wmDloCGF6w #historypolicy https://t.co/DVyXlIJ1gr