'...an excellent academic guide for those seeking to study education adn child-care at degree level, it also provides stories and experiences which will provoke thought and perhaps a change in practice by carers and parents.' - Gill Scrivens, International Journal of Early Years Education.

• List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 THE TIMES OF THEIR LIVES, 2 NEEDS MUST, 3 IN SEARCH OF A MODEL, 4 RESPONSIVENESS, 5 CONTROL, 6 INVOLVEMENT, 7 MR MICAWBER AND THE MODEL ALL TOGETHER, Questions, Appendices, References, Index

'...an excellent academic guide for those seeking to study education adn child-care at degree level, it also provides stories and experiences which will provoke thought and perhaps a change in practice by carers and parents.' - Gill Scrivens, International Journal of Early Years Education.

• List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 THE TIMES OF THEIR LIVES, 2 NEEDS MUST, 3 IN SEARCH OF A MODEL, 4 RESPONSIVENESS, 5 CONTROL, 6 INVOLVEMENT, 7 MR MICAWBER AND THE MODEL ALL TOGETHER, Questions, Appendices, References, Index

'...an excellent academic guide for those seeking to study education adn child-care at degree level, it also provides stories and experiences which will provoke thought and perhaps a change in practice by carers and parents.' - Gill Scrivens, International Journal of Early Years Education.

• List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 THE TIMES OF THEIR LIVES, 2 NEEDS MUST, 3 IN SEARCH OF A MODEL, 4 RESPONSIVENESS, 5 CONTROL, 6 INVOLVEMENT, 7 MR MICAWBER AND THE MODEL ALL TOGETHER, Questions, Appendices, References, Index