Children in Jeopardy / Robert Louis Wilken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilken, Robert Louis, Author.

Series:

The Yale Child Study Center monograph series on child psychiatry, child development, and social policy Children in jeopardy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Services for--United States.

Child welfare.

Children with social disabilities--Services for--United States.

Children with social disabilities.

Poor children--Prevention--United States.

Poor children.

Teenage pregnancy--United States.

Teenage pregnancy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1995]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American children are in crisis. Inner cities are filled with violence and massive drug problems; families are dysfunctional; illiteracy is rising; society's efforts to combat educational failure, poverty, crime, and disease have created an enormous economic debt for the future. In this compassionate and controversial book Irving Harris argues that the key to breaking the cycle of poverty, hopelessness, and violence is very early intervention: we must provide adequate caregiving to children from birth to age three and-to stop the cycle even sooner-we must discourage pregnancy among adolescents. Harris, a successful businessman, has devoted himself to children's causes for the past forty years and has initiated and funded numerous programs geared to children and families. He presents data from research in pediatrics, social work, nursing psychology, and education showing that children who receive early nurturing and stimulation are far more likely to have success in school and in life. He urges that the government build more day-care centers and train more caregivers and public-health nurses for babies and small children; that schools offer instruction and counseling in prenatal care; and that there be easier access to contraceptives and abortions in order to reduce unwanted pregnancies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION: AN ODYSSEY OF LEARNING

1. Raised in Jeopardy

2. Successful Intervention and Its Limits

3. Primary Prevention and the Right to Life

4. The Cost of Failure

5. The Abortion Question

6. The Cycle of Poverty and Violence: A Reassessment

7. Trends in Education, Poverty, Violence, and Punishment

8. Breaking the Cycle: A New War on Poverty, 1996

APPENDIX A: Agencies Working for Families and Children

APPENDIX B: The Ounce of Prevention Center for Successful Child Development Health Services: A Model

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300162240

0300162243

OCLC:

1024033171