Managing Children's Homes focuses on leadership, effective management, the allocation of resources, and ensuring … be taken into account when establishing and maintaining good practice on behalf of young people living in children …'s homes. The authors explain the considerable variation in quality achieved by children's homes and how this relates to …

In the context of AIDS and a declining economy, one strategy for children to ensure their own livelihood is to engage … humiliations they face therein, as well as the benefits they derive, including, in some cases, education. Most children wanted …

Purpose This study aims to examine the role of involvement in saving money (ISM) to better understand children’s saving … behavior and allow a deeper understanding of financial literacy processes among children. The emphasis on ISM is based on …/methodology/approach The study is based on one-on-one interviews among 103 first-grade children. The interviews explored the relationship …

factors that influence materialism in children? And, can these factors be classified in a comprehensive conceptual framework … understand how to deal effectively with materialism in children. Originality/value – As far as is known, this paper is the first … attempt to classify the factors that influence materialism in children in a conceptual framework.  …

tweens, aged nine, and aged 12. The children were asked if and how children can attract friends through the use of money …. Findings – Most children did perceive economic resources as a means to attract friends. However, both the kind of items that … were found in the drawings, and the children's perceptions of how to use the items, were relatively different between …

afternoon snack. During this special moment, children are free to share and swap their snacks, according to their affinities …. The study aims to demonstrate how this food consumption is part of the process of children's socialization. Design …/methodology/approach – This paper relies on an ethnographic study of children's behaviour during snack time. Two primary schools representing two …

involved – allows us to illustrate the complexities of trying to decide what is morally correct to collectively ensure children … involving children, either as the recipient or user of the final product or beneficiary of a specific service, or as a co … moral issues about children's well-being, and exposes them to particularly hard criticisms of their actions and marketing …

value, but high fat and sugar content) are represented in televised advertising, analyzing the differences in persuasive … – Results showed that healthy food products are marketed almost exclusively to adults, using adult-oriented advertising … techniques, whereas unhealthy food advertisings rely on communicative formats and appeals more suited for children and …

Purpose – Concerns on children's obesity and overweight have been related to food diets with excessive sugar and fat …. Given the relevance of school meals in Portuguese children's lives, schools follow governmental guidelines in order to … school meals by children, in the context of competing marketing allures of nutritiously poor foods outside the schools …