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This article, based on a talk given to The First International Online Seminar on the Person-Centred Approach, October 10–11, 2021, has three main aims. Firstly, to remind us of Rogers' indefatigable commitment to cultural transformation, humanisation, and peace. I suggest that these are defining aspects of the origin story of the person-centred approach (PCA), which in recent decades has retreated from this focus in favour of increased attention to person-centred and experiential psychotherapies as methods of psychotherapy and counselling. Secondly, I describe how this cultural transformation project is still at work in the 21st century, showing up in a wide range of transformative initiatives which extend the basic ideas embedded in a person-centred philosophy into what some identify as an emerging counterculture. Thirdly, I urge the PCA community to revisit and re-engage the social transformation agenda at the heart of the approach, to collaborate and organise 'academies of hope', and to become advocates and activists for the creation of life-centred cultures before it is too late.

This article suggests that the policy re-framing of the prostitution of children as a separate phenomenon from the prostitution of adults is obscuring the commercial nexus between men who buy sex with children and the third party profiteers (pimps) who frequently supply the children they buy. It suggests that this is making both groups of perpetrators invisible. It argues that coercion is endemic to the sex trade and explores the gendered strategies of coercive control used by pimps to entrap both children and women. The article suggests that the wider sex trade creates a 'conducive context' for the sexual commodification of children, and that the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adults can only be effectively challenged by policy and law aimed at reducing demand for all forms of prostitution. It focusses on law and policy in England and Wales, which differs from the rest of the UK.

This study sought to explore and examine if the provision of full day care improves the quality of life for children and their parents. There are now 60.8% of women employed in the workforce (CSO, 2008). This means many changes for children, parents and families. Twenty-seven childcare managers in the north west of Ireland were interviewed. Also, 325 questionnaires were completed by working parents. Babies as young as four months are being cared for in childcare facilities from 6.45am until 6pm daily, five days per week. Some children are spending up to 11 hours per day in childcare facilities. The study concluded that full day care can have both positive and negative effects for children. Childcare facilities are providing good quality childcare encompassing various services. Parents are finding it difficult to manage work life balance. Health dominated quality of life issues. Two hundred and thirty five (235) (73%) parents reported being stressed. The study also found that 315 (97%) working parents feel that the government is not doing enough to support working parents. On a positive note, 241 (74%) parents said they are happy in general with the quality of life for them, their family and their children.

The rapid growth and scale of financial derivatives in the US have led to concern that this sector of the financial markets ought to be more strictly regulated to project firms and banks. Disclousure or certification requirements should be established, but active regulation is unnecessary.