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Direct linkClark, Margaret M., Ed.; Tucker, Stanley, Ed. – Trentham Books Ltd, 2010
This book challenges taken for granted views of early childhood across the globe. It deepens and broadens our understanding of what it means to be a child today and of the challenges children face in different parts of the world. It will be essential reading for all who work with young children or are students of early years education and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Family Characteristics, Poverty, Rural Areas
Schweitzer, Marjorie M., Ed. – 1999
American Indian grandmothers are almost universally occupied with child care and child rearing at some time in their lives, but cultural variables influence the definition, role, and status of grandmothers in different tribes. This book contains nine chapters that blend documentary history, oral history, and ethnographic observation to illuminate…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), American Indian Culture, American Indians
Download full textRice, Rena, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2005
Family, friend and neighbor care has frequently been characterized in the media, and even in the early care and education field, as "substandard, unregulated care," a "fall-back" position when parents can not find or afford a regulated setting. However, up until quite recently, there was virtually no research to support any…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Care, Standards, Family Environment
Bloom, Anne, Ed. – 1980
The four papers presented in this document address a wide range of issues in the field of gerontology. The first paper provides detailed information on the residential and mobility patterns of the elderly population of New York City. The second paper integrates general concepts about attitude development with more specific interpretations of facts…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Aging (Individuals), Anthologies, Childhood Attitudes
Mitchell, Anne; Gage, Diane – Good Housekeeping, 1992
This special issue on child care presents articles on children's health, day care, grandparents, father-child relationships, pregnancy after age 40, children's dental care, children's moral development, parties for children, children's fighting, fashions in children's clothes, sibling relationships, and health care programs for children. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Child Health, Child Rearing
Lopez, Tiffany Ana – 1993
This is a collection of 20 stories that focus specifically on the experience of growing up Chicana/o. A foreword by Rudolfo Anaya provides background on the development of Chicano literature. The stories are presented in four sections that explore the themes of heritage and actual and metaphorical boundaries, the importance of grandparents and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anthologies, Children, Early Experience
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed. – 1995
Highlighting the specific as well as common characteristics of different types of parents, this volume, the third of four volumes on parenting specifically deals with parental status and the social conditions of parenting. The volume consists of 17 chapters as follows: (1) "Mothering" (Kathryn E. Barnard and Louise K. Martell); (2)…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Rearing
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed. – 2002
Highlighting the specific as well as common characteristics of different types of parents, this volume, the third of five volumes on parenting, deals specifically with parental status and the social conditions of parenting. The volume consists of 20 chapters as follows: (1) "Mothering" (Kathryn E. Barnard and JoAnne E. Solchany); (2)…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Rearing
Gleeson, James P., Ed.; Hairston, Creasie Finney, Ed. – 1999
Family members have traditionally provided kinship care for each other in times of crisis. Recently, such care has become part of the child welfare system. This edited volume presents several studies designed to identify current knowledge about kinship care as a child welfare service. Presented in five parts, the book summarizes the current state…
Descriptors: Adoption, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training, Caseworker Approach
Nieto, Sonia, Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers presents scholarly writings and personal reflections on Puerto Rican students in American schools. Following "Introduction and Overview" (Sonia Nieto), there are 12 chapters in five parts. Part 1, "Historical and Sociopolitical Context," includes: (1) "Puerto Rican Students in U.S. Schools: A Brief History" (Sonia Nieto);…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Educational Change
Fine, Marvin J., Ed.; Lee, Steven W., Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers identifies programs designed to educate and meet the needs of diverse parents. The 16 papers are: (1) "American Families in the 1990s and Beyond" (Dennis H. Karpowitz); (2) "Gender Issues in Parenting: Parenting Teenage Girls" (Lauren Ayers); (3) "Teaching about Sexual Diversity: A New Frontier…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advocacy, Brain, Child Rearing
Anderson, Gary R., Ed.; Ryan, Angela Shen, Ed.; Leashore, Bogart R., Ed. – 1997
Recognizing the need for child welfare workers to appreciate the role of culture in a family's life, this book emphasizes the importance of the need for cultural knowledge, sensitivity, and skill on the part of caseworkers and policy makers for putting permanency and stability into the lives of at-risk children. The articles in the book are: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, American Indians
