Difference and Belonging, Hopes and Fears: Parenting ‘mixed’ children and the implications for career development

Rosalind Edwards, Professor in Social Policy and Director of the Families & Social Capital Research Group, at London South Bank University, discusses parenting issues and their implications for career development at the CeGS 10th Annual Lecture held at the University of Derby on 18th December 2007. Rosalind has researched and published widely on a range of issues concerning family policy, with a focus on the perspectives of family members themselves. Her recent book publications include: Assessing Social Capital (ed. with J. Holland and J. Franklin, 2007, Cambridge Scholars Press); Sibling Identity and Relationships: Sisters and Brothers (with L. Hadfield, H. Lucey and M. Mauthner, 2006, Routledge); Making Families: Moral Tales of Parenting and Stepparenting (with J. Ribbens McCarthy and V. Gillies, 2003, Sociology Press) and Children, Home and School: Resistance, Autonomy or Connection? (ed., 2002, Routledge Falmer). Rosalind's report (with C. Caballero and S.Puthussery) on 'Parenting 'mixed' children: negotiating difference and belonging in mixed race, ethnicity and faith families' will be published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation later this year. Rosalind is also co-editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology