Ruth Gardner is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Holloway College, University of London.

• Foreword by Jane Tunstill. Foreword by Lord Laming.Acknowledgements.Report of the Committee on Local Authority & Allied Personal Social Services 1968.Paul Boateng, Minister of Health, 1997.1. Introduction and Summary of Findings.2. About the Families.3. Components of Parental Stress.4. Children and Family Support.5. Typologies of Family Difficulties.6. Support Networks in the Community.7. Overview of Family Support Provided by the NSPCC.8. Examples of Family Support Practice.9. Children in Need and Local Services.10. Family Support Now.References.Reading List.Appendix (Methodology).Index.

Ruth Gardner is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Holloway College, University of London.

• Foreword by Jane Tunstill. Foreword by Lord Laming.Acknowledgements.Report of the Committee on Local Authority & Allied Personal Social Services 1968.Paul Boateng, Minister of Health, 1997.1. Introduction and Summary of Findings.2. About the Families.3. Components of Parental Stress.4. Children and Family Support.5. Typologies of Family Difficulties.6. Support Networks in the Community.7. Overview of Family Support Provided by the NSPCC.8. Examples of Family Support Practice.9. Children in Need and Local Services.10. Family Support Now.References.Reading List.Appendix (Methodology).Index.

Ruth Gardner is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Holloway College, University of London.

• Foreword by Jane Tunstill. Foreword by Lord Laming.Acknowledgements.Report of the Committee on Local Authority & Allied Personal Social Services 1968.Paul Boateng, Minister of Health, 1997.1. Introduction and Summary of Findings.2. About the Families.3. Components of Parental Stress.4. Children and Family Support.5. Typologies of Family Difficulties.6. Support Networks in the Community.7. Overview of Family Support Provided by the NSPCC.8. Examples of Family Support Practice.9. Children in Need and Local Services.10. Family Support Now.References.Reading List.Appendix (Methodology).Index.