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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      15 July 2009
      08 July 2002
      ISBN:
      9780511499753
      9780521813204
      9780521012645
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511499753
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.759kg, 450 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.602kg, 450 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Developmental Psychology, Psychology, Health and Clinical Psychology
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    Developmental Psychology, Psychology, Health and Clinical Psychology
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    Book description

    This rich and well-researched volume comes in the wake of intense national interest in young children. Leading scholars from diverse disciplines use relevant data from the Commonwealth Survey of Parents with Young Children to present new information about the lives of families with very young children - how parents spend their time with their children, the economic and social challenges they face, and the supports they receive to improve their children's health and development. Such a broad portrait based on nationally representative date has not been attempted before. Drawing on their extensive expertise and research in the issues being addressed, the authors examine and elaborate on the survey findings. They synthesize the major themes emerging from the data and consider the family, community, and policy implications to frame and interpret the results. What emerges is a picture of the complex forces that influence families and child-rearing in the early years.

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    "We know a great deal about children's behavior, but heartbreakingly little about what their parents do, believe, and need. The findings of Child Rearing in America are sometimes shocking and frequently sobering, but always they represent a sense of hope. The information in this book represents a cutting edge and critical part of the foundation on which we must develop social policies and programs to support parents and benefit the next generation of American children. It should be in the library of everyone who is concerned about families and about family policy." Edward Zigler, Yale University

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    Contents

    Contents
    • Tables
      pp ix-xii
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
    • Figures
      pp xiii-xiv
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
    • Contributors
      pp xv-xviii
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
    • Acknowledgments
      pp xix-xx
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
    • 1 - Introduction and Overview
      pp 1-18
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
    • PART I - CONDITIONS OF FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
      pp 19-20
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
    • PART II - CHILD-REARING PRACTICES
      pp 81-82
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
    • PART III - DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
      pp 261-262
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
    • PART IV - FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
      pp 345-346
      • By Neal Halfon, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Professor of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Director of the Institute for Children, Families, and Communities, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Senior Fellow and Research Scientist The National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Mark A. Schuster, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Natural Scientist RAND; Director UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion

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