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• catalog abstract ""As the twenty-first century begins, the overwhelming majority of children in the United States are raised in households in which both parents work. Yet decent, affordable child-care is available to only a fraction of these families. As the population ages, one in four American families cares for elderly relatives, a responsibility that adult children shoulder with little or no help. Other families who must care for disabled adult members receive little support. And the situation is getting worse as employers demand longer hours and government safety nets become frayed. This book combines the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of all social classes and ethnic groups with personal stories of the struggles of individual families." "Heymann's research, documented here and illustrated with case histories, points to a widening gap between working families and the health and development of children. She demonstrates how a lack of essential services and support lead to increased school failure, deteriorating child health, and diminished chance of success for adults and children. Outdated labor policy and practice must be brought into this century, argues Heymann. Her findings make it amply clear that we cannot depend on corporations to provide care or to accommodate to family needs. We must create a national commitment to childcare (not unlike our mandate for universal education) and a guaranteed safety net for emergency care and special needs. To do less is to abandon the precepts of equal opportunity on which America is founded."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11797413.
• catalog created "c2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "c2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
• catalog description ""As the twenty-first century begins, the overwhelming majority of children in the United States are raised in households in which both parents work. Yet decent, affordable child-care is available to only a fraction of these families. As the population ages, one in four American families cares for elderly relatives, a responsibility that adult children shoulder with little or no help. Other families who must care for disabled adult members receive little support. And the situation is getting worse as employers demand longer hours and government safety nets become frayed.".
• catalog description ""Heymann's research, documented here and illustrated with case histories, points to a widening gap between working families and the health and development of children. She demonstrates how a lack of essential services and support lead to increased school failure, deteriorating child health, and diminished chance of success for adults and children. Outdated labor policy and practice must be brought into this century, argues Heymann. Her findings make it amply clear that we cannot depend on corporations to provide care or to accommodate to family needs. We must create a national commitment to childcare (not unlike our mandate for universal education) and a guaranteed safety net for emergency care and special needs.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index.".
• catalog description "Predictably Unpredictable: The Lives of Working Americans -- Outdated Working Conditions and Inadequate Social Supports: The Impact on Children -- Special Needs: The Experience of Particularly Vulnerable Children and Their Families -- Impact Across the Life Span: Extended Family Fantasies and Realities -- Economic Inequalities Magnified: Greater Strains, Fewer Resources -- Gender Inequalities: At the Core Lies Our Failure to Address Working Families' Needs -- Society's Best Prospect: An Equal Chance for All Children and Adults.".
• catalog description "This book combines the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of all social classes and ethnic groups with personal stories of the struggles of individual families."".
• catalog description "To do less is to abandon the precepts of equal opportunity on which America is founded."--Jacket.".
• catalog extent "254 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Widening gap.".
• catalog identifier "0465013082 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Widening gap.".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "c2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
• catalog relation "Widening gap.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "306.85/0973 21".
• catalog subject "HD4904.25 .H48 2000".
• catalog subject "Work and family United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Predictably Unpredictable: The Lives of Working Americans -- Outdated Working Conditions and Inadequate Social Supports: The Impact on Children -- Special Needs: The Experience of Particularly Vulnerable Children and Their Families -- Impact Across the Life Span: Extended Family Fantasies and Realities -- Economic Inequalities Magnified: Greater Strains, Fewer Resources -- Gender Inequalities: At the Core Lies Our Failure to Address Working Families' Needs -- Society's Best Prospect: An Equal Chance for All Children and Adults.".
• catalog title "The widening gap : why America's working families are in jeopardy and what can be done about it / Jody Heymann.".
• catalog type "text".