An edition of Childhood lost (2005)

Childhood lost

how American culture is failing our kids

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An edition of Childhood lost (2005)

Childhood lost

how American culture is failing our kids

"In this book, authors from across disciplines focus their attention on current American culture and its devastating effects on children. Edited by clinical psychologist Sharna Olfman, ten essays by some of today's best-known child experts present a look at the results of accepted social norms."--BOOK JACKET

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Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Language
English
Pages
226

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Table of Contents

Children's irreducible needs
The natural history of childhood / Meredith Small
Why parenting matters / Laura E. Berk
How American culture is failing our kids
The war against parents / Sylvia Ann Hewlett & Cornel West
The impact of media violence on developing minds and hearts / Gloria DeGaetano
The commercialization of childhood / Susan Linn
Big food, big money, big children / Katherine Battle Horgen
So sexy so soon : the sexualization of childhood / Diane E. Levin
Techno-environmental assaults on childhood in America / Varda Burstyn & Gary Sampson
"No child left" : what are schools for in a democratic society? / Peter Sacks
Where do the children play? / Sharna Olfman.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Westport, Conn
Series
Childhood in America

Classifications

Library of Congress
HQ792.U5 C41995 2005, HQ792

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 226 p. ;
Number of pages
226

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15595987M
Internet Archive
childhoodlosthow0000unse
ISBN 10
0275981398
LCCN
2004028036
OCLC/WorldCat
57168331
Library Thing
5800590
Goodreads
207163

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