Introduction

Growing up in the shadow of the Second World War: European perspectives

“…89 As social policy all over Europe was often imbued with a strong political interest and, as a result, was volatile in character, ideas of welfare changed over the years and resulted in changing tensions between parents, service-providers and children. 90 Social change within and beyond the family became evident. After neutrality and later 'normalisation' towards family life had set the tone, social changes started to appear within and beyond the family from the late 1960s.…”