Does it take a village? : community effects on children, adolescents, and families / edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Booth, Alan, 1935-2015.

Crouter, Ann C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City children--United States.

City children.

Urban youth--United States.

Urban youth.

Children and the environment--United States.

Children and the environment.

Child rearing--United States.

Child rearing.

Community-based family services.

Community-based child welfare.

United States.

Child development--United States.

Child development.

Adolescent psychology--United States.

Adolescent psychology.

Neighborhoods--United States.

Neighborhoods.

Community-based child welfare--United States.

Community-based family services--United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001.

Summary:

"Does It Take a Village?" focuses on the mechanisms that link community characteristics to the functioning of the families and individuals within them--community norms, economic opportunities, reference groups for assessing relative deprivation, and social support networks. Contributors underscore those features of communities that represent risk factors for children, adolescents, and their families, as well as those characteristics that underlie resilience and thus undergird individual and family functioning. As a society we have heavy investments both in research and in programs based on the idea that communities affect families and children, yet important questions have arisen about the validity of the link between communities, children, and families. This book answers the question of whether--and how--it takes a village to raise a child and what we can do to help communities achieve this essential task more effectively.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805832424

0805832432

OCLC:

41951192