Artcile review: Child Welfare

Anthony N. Maluccio (2000). The Future of Child and Family Welfare: Selected Readings. Child Welfare Vol. LXXIX, #1. Child Welfare League of America.

The research presented in this article relates to the overall well being of children in our modern society. Maluccio reviews several different materials relating to the state of our countries welfare programs, different outlooks for the future of welfare in the coming millenium (all materials reviewed are from the 1990's), and proposed revamping of current childhood protection and orphanages as we currently implement them.

The article is organized in several different subtopics headed by the specific material being reviewed. An example would be the second subtopic; The Welfare of Children. This section discusses The Welfare of Children by Duncan Lidnsey in 1994 and uses the authors prior viewpoints, research and proposals to help build his article's overall validity.

The overall purpose of the article is to "summarize selected readings in this area, ranging from examination of such broad topics as research and policy issues to indepth analysis of specific topics such as family foster care and child protective services."

I don't feel the author had any biases or violations of critical thinking, but rather forms an opinion based on prior research from reliable publications. He remains objective to the topic at hand; reviewing family foster care and child protective services. However, Maluccio concludes the article by stating that the state of child welfare is "optimistic". This isn't necessarily a violatoin of critical thinking, but is a complete opinion (granted the author has researched the topic) rather than a fact.