The History Of Childhood Disadvantage By Veronica Strong Boag

Fostering A Nation Canada Confronts It’s History of Childhood Disadvantage, written by Veronica Strong-Boag, discusses the history of child welfare in Canada. Strong-Boag explains how there is a dark side of Canada’s response to the lives of children in private homes and institutions in Canada in the 1900s. Her argument has been stated clearly on page 3, â€Å"Fostering Nation? Explores the missteps and detours of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments as they confronted the specter if children judged neglected, abused, deficient, and delinquent.† Furthermore, her goal is to uncover her argument through first hand accounts from children at the time and â€Å"first† parents and their kin, surrogate parents and those responsible for children not of their own. This review will discuss Strong-Boag’s book in three parts, her clear concise layout, an excellent job with organization her thoughts, and her p assion behind her writing. Strong-Boag’s, Fostering A Nation, deserves many praises for a well-rounded book. Firstly, the book is very clear and to the point. This allows the reader to grasp her points and opinions easily, the author is an excellent writer, and that she has knowledge in the area being discussed. This can be seen very well in the introduction, where she states what the seven chapters in her book will be discussing. More importantly, she states which chapter she is going to discuss in the paragraph, and what it will