Early intervention is a difficult issue for the Government. We knowearly experiences mould many of the later difficulties that some youngpeople face: for example, children of teenage parents are less likely tothrive without help, and children from poor backgrounds start life witha disadvantage. But we also all know that the connections are notabsolute. Many teenagers are good parents, and many poor childrenovercome disadvantage. What does the caring professional do? Targetsupport on all these children, with the risk of labelling them aspotential failures? Or withhold support until things go wrong?
On this occasion, the Government's response is a practical one. Researchshows that the poorest families receive less health visitor input thantheir middle class neighbours.
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