Don't Touch!: The Educational Story of a Panic

by Heather Piper

Book Overview

This book explores the problems involved in 'touching' children in an educational environment. It uses real-life examples taken from groundbreaking research into the mentality of today's risk culture, and highlights a maddening state of affairs in which ordinary well-meaning professionals feel they cannot offer even very young children basic levels of comforting or affection.

This fascinating and long-overdue book examines the 'no-touch'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415420075
• ISBN13: 9780415420075
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages