It is well established that many members of Bristol’s Somali population are subject to a combination of stresses which make their lives particularly difficult. Communication between children, parents and grandparents about difficult emotional issues attending their adjustment to life in …

Support for fathers is essential: both for the fathers themselves, as well as children and mothers. Resources for mothers, while not always adequate, are more readily available than those for fathers.

Attempts to engineer support for fathers have often failed, …

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Ken Pryce’s sociological study, Endless Pressure (1979) provided a landmark empirical account of Caribbean people young and old in Britain. Interested in the ‘lifestyles, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours’ of ordinary people, Pryce …

The experiences babies, toddlers and young children have affect how their brains grow and how they learn.  Children who live in difficult situations are more likely to be slow to speak or learn, and to develop learning difficulties or conditions …