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Title Child rearing in America : challenges facing parents with young children / edited by Neal Halfon, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Mark A. Schuster
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 428 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge books online
Contents Resources devoted to child development by families and society / M. Rebecca Kilburn, Barbara L. Wolfe -- Preparing for parenthood : who's ready, who's not? / Constance T. Gager, Sara S. McLanahan, Dana A. Glei -- Meeting the challenges of new parenthood : responsibilities, advice, and perceptions / Allison Sidle Fuligni, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- Reading, rhymes, and routines : American parents and their young children / Pia Rebello Britto, Allison Sidle Fuligni, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- Child discipline in the first three years of life / Lawrence S. Wissow -- Breastfeeding in the United States today : are families prepared? / Wendelin M. Slusser, Linda Lange -- Depressive symptoms in parents of children under age 3 : sociodemographic predictors, current correlates, and associated parenting behaviors / Karlen Lyons-Ruth [and others] -- Prenatal care, delivery, and birth outcomes / Paul H. Wise -- Access to health care for young children in the United States / Paul W. Newacheck [and others] -- Anticipatory guidance : what information do parents receive? What information do they want? / Mark A. Schuster [and others] -- New models of pediatric care / Barry Zuckerman, Steven Parker -- Families with children under 3 : what we know and implications for results and policy / Neal Halfon, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn
Summary This timely and readable volume presents a rich picture of the lives of parents with young children in the US. The analyses and insights provided by this book will be invaluable for policy makers and for those in public health, social work, law, medicine, psychology, sociology, and child development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index
Notes English
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Subject Child rearing -- United States
Parenting -- United States
Parents -- United States.
Child health services -- United States.
Family life surveys -- United States
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Child Rearing.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- General.
Child health services
Child rearing
Family life surveys
Parenting
Parents
Opvoeding.
Ouderschap.
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Halfon, Neal
McLearn, Kathryn Taaffe, 1946-
Schuster, Mark A., 1959-
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