Working families and growing kids : caring for children and adolescents / Committee on Family and Work Policies ; Eugene Smolensky and Jennifer Appleton Gootman, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Smolensky, Eugene.

Gootman, Jennifer Appleton.

Committee on Family and Work Policies (U.S.)

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families.

National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Caring for Infants and Toddlers (2001 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--United States--Congresses.

Child welfare.

Children of working parents--Care--United States.

Children of working parents.

School-age child care--United States--Congresses.

School-age child care.

Child development--United States--Congresses.

Child development.

Work and family--Government policy--United States--Congresses.

Work and family.

Physical Description:

xi, 354 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An informative mix of data and discussion, this book presents conclusions and recommendations for policies that can respond to the new conditions shaping America (TM)s working families. Among the family and work trends reviewed: Growing population of mothers with young children in the workforce. Increasing reliance of nonparental child care. Growing challenges of families on welfare. Increased understanding of child and adolescent development. Included in this comprehensive review of the research and data on family leave, child care, and income support issues are: the effects of early child care and school age child care on child development, the impacts of family work policies on child and adolescent well-being and family functioning, the impacts of family work policies on child and adolescent well-being and family functioning the changes to federal and state welfare policy, the emergence of a 24/7 economy, the utilization of paid family leave, and an examination of the ways parental employment affects children as they make their way through childhood and adolescence. The book also evaluates the support systems available to working families, including family and medical leave, child care options, and tax policies. The committee (TM)s conclusions and recommendations will be of interest to anyone concerned with issues affecting the working American family, especially policy makers, program administrators, social scientists, journalist, private and public sector leaders, and family advocates.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Setting the Stage

Part I: Work, Family, and Child Care Trends

2 Work and Family Trends

3 Trends in the Care of Children

Part II: Implications for the Development of Children and Adolescents

4 Maternal Employment and the Family Environment

5 Effects of Child Care

6 Parental Employment and Adolescent Development

7 Effects of Welfare Reform

Part III: Supports for Working Families

8 Policies to Support Working Families

9 Findings and Next Steps

References

Biographical Sketches

Index.

Notes:

"Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education."

"This report is a product of the Committee on Family and Work Policies, a project of the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM)"--P. vii.

A report based on presentations from a one-day October 2001 Workshop on Caring for Infants and Toddlers convened by the Committee, with additional data from other researchers and consultants.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-326) and index.

ISBN:

9786610182886

9780309168182

030916818X

9781280182884

1280182881

9780309525879

030952587X

OCLC:

923259590