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- catalog abstract "The Vulnerable Child takes us beyond stereotypes and superficial categorizations to provide a thorough examination of the true nature of childhood disadvantage. Richard Weissbourd interviewed hundreds of children and professionals from areas as diverse as Danville, Arkansas; New York City; Seattle; Boston; Chicago; and Baltimore. He also reexamined a broad spectrum of past and present research. What he found is that, while poverty and racial prejudice contribute greatly to the disadvantage of millions of children, in fact most children at risk are not poor, and there is much evidence to suggest that factors such as chronic parental stress and depression have a more powerful influence on a child's fate than whether or not there are two parents in the home or whether or not the family lives below the poverty line. The Vulnerable Child demonstrates why so many of our efforts to help children have failed. More important, it describes in detail programs that have approached disadvantage from this more perceptive and integrated perspective - in health care, in education, in child protective services, and in community policing - and have brilliantly succeeded. The two most fundamental lessons are that, to help kids, programs must strengthen parents, and programs must provide a ladder of meaningful opportunities. The Vulnerable Child not only shows us what can be done to help; it shows conclusively that the children needing help are not somehow "other." They are all America's children.".
- catalog contributor b8838013.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. What Ever Happened to Huckleberry Finn? -- 2. The Real Roots of Success and Failure -- 3. Families Untied? -- 4. Looking Inside Families -- 5. The Roots of Gangs and Cliques -- 6. Communities: More than Kind and Less than Kin -- 7. The Troubles of Ghetto Children -- 8. Why Our Efforts to Help Children Fail -- 9. Healthy Starts -- 10. Schools That Work -- 11. Even If the Boat Goes Down: Child Protective Services -- 12. The Police -- 13. Beyond the Edifice Complex: What Cities Can Do.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 263) and index.".
- catalog description "The Vulnerable Child takes us beyond stereotypes and superficial categorizations to provide a thorough examination of the true nature of childhood disadvantage. Richard Weissbourd interviewed hundreds of children and professionals from areas as diverse as Danville, Arkansas; New York City; Seattle; Boston; Chicago; and Baltimore. He also reexamined a broad spectrum of past and present research. What he found is that, while poverty and racial prejudice contribute greatly to the disadvantage of millions of children, in fact most children at risk are not poor, and there is much evidence to suggest that factors such as chronic parental stress and depression have a more powerful influence on a child's fate than whether or not there are two parents in the home or whether or not the family lives below the poverty line. The Vulnerable Child demonstrates why so many of our efforts to help children have failed. More important, it describes in detail programs that have approached disadvantage from this more perceptive and integrated perspective - in health care, in education, in child protective services, and in community policing - and have brilliantly succeeded. The two most fundamental lessons are that, to help kids, programs must strengthen parents, and programs must provide a ladder of meaningful opportunities. The Vulnerable Child not only shows us what can be done to help; it shows conclusively that the children needing help are not somehow "other." They are all America's children.".
- catalog extent "xv, 280 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Vulnerable child.".
- catalog identifier "0201483955".
- catalog isFormatOf "Vulnerable child.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub.,".
- catalog relation "Vulnerable child.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "362.7/6/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Child welfare United States.".
- catalog subject "Dysfunctional families United States.".
- catalog subject "Family policy United States.".
- catalog subject "HV741 .W32 1996".
- catalog subject "Problem children United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. What Ever Happened to Huckleberry Finn? -- 2. The Real Roots of Success and Failure -- 3. Families Untied? -- 4. Looking Inside Families -- 5. The Roots of Gangs and Cliques -- 6. Communities: More than Kind and Less than Kin -- 7. The Troubles of Ghetto Children -- 8. Why Our Efforts to Help Children Fail -- 9. Healthy Starts -- 10. Schools That Work -- 11. Even If the Boat Goes Down: Child Protective Services -- 12. The Police -- 13. Beyond the Edifice Complex: What Cities Can Do.".
- catalog title "The vulnerable child : what really hurts America's children and what we can do about it / Richard Weissbourd.".
- catalog type "text".