American childhood : risks and realities /
Dona Schneider.
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1995.
- 1 online resource (viii, 222 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.
pt. 1. Health Risks. Ch. 1. Making It through the First Year. Ch. 2. Surviving to Adulthood. Ch. 3. Growing Up Healthy -- pt. 2. Educational Risks. Ch. 4. Educating the Nation. Ch. 5. Overtesting and Undervaluing Students -- pt. 3. Economic and Social Risks. Ch. 6. Growing Up Rich, Poor, and In Between. Ch. 7. Caring for Our Kids. Ch. 8. Work and Family Expectations. Ch. 9. Kids and Crime. Ch. 10. Child Abuse and Neglect. Risks and Realities of an American Childhood.
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Children--Social conditions.--United States Children--United States--Statistics. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Children's Studies. Children. Children--Social conditions. Child--education--United States. Child Welfare--United States. Health Status Indicators--United States. Risk Factors--United States. Socioeconomic Factors--United States. Infant--United States. Child--United States.