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Child rearing in America : the conditions of parents with young children / edited by Neal Halfon, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Mark A. Schuster.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child rearing--United States.
- Child rearing.
- United States.
- Parenting--United States.
- Parenting.
- Parents--United States.
- Parents.
- Child health services--United States.
- Child health services.
- Family life surveys--United States.
- Family life surveys.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Presents a wealth of new information about the lives of families with very young children.
- Contents:
- Part I Conditions of Families with Young Children
- 2 Resources Devoted to Child Development by Families and Society / M. Rebecca Kilburn, Barbara L. Wolfe 21
- 3 Preparing for Parenthood: Who's Ready, Who's Not? / Constance T. Gager, Sara S. McLanahan, Dana A. Glei 50
- Part II Child-Rearing Practices
- 4 Meeting the Challenges of New Parenthood: Responsibilities, Advice, and Perceptions / Allison Sidle Fuligni, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn 83
- 5 Reading, Rhymes, and Routines: American Parents and Their Young Children / Pia Rebello Britto, Allison Sidle Fuligni, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn 117
- 6 Child Discipline in the First Three Years of Life / Lawrence S. Wissow 146
- 7 Breastfeeding in the United States Today: Are Families Prepared? / Wendelin M. Slusser, Linda Lange 178
- 8 Depressive Symptoms in Parents of Children Under Age 3: Sociodemographic Predictors, Current Correlates, and Associated Parenting Behaviors / Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Rebecca Wolfe, Amy Lyubchik, Ronald Steingard 217
- Part III Delivery of Health Services to Mothers and Children
- 9 Prenatal Care, Delivery, and Birth Outcomes / Paul H. Wise 263
- 10 Access to Health Care for Young Children in the United States / Paul W. Newacheck, Miles Hochstein, Kristen S. Marchi, Neal Halfon 293
- 11 Anticipatory Guidance: What Information Do Parents Receive? What Information Do They Want? / Mark A. Schuster, Michael Regalado, Naihua Duan, David J. Klein 320
- Part IV Future Directions and Policy Implications
- 12 New Models of Pediatric Care / Barry Zuckerman, Steven Parker 347
- 13 Families with Children Under 3: What We Know and Implications for Results and Policy / Neal Halfon, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn 367.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521813204
- 0521012643
- OCLC:
- 47927639
- Online:
- Publisher description
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