The Vulnerable Child What Really Hurts America's Children And What We Can Do About It

by Weissbourd, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780201920802
• ISBN10: 0201920808
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-24
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

This revealing investigation shows the devastating impact of contemporary cultural trends on children. "Important. . . .Valuable. . . . Weissbourd forcefully contests our disturbing inclination to localize the problems of children among the poor, notably African-Americans and inner-city residents. . . . (He) displays a rare sensitivity to the innumerable large and small problems that may set a child's downward spiral in motion".--"The New Republic".

Author Biography

Richard Weissbourd teaches at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and at its Graduate School of Education. He has been an advisor on family policy at the city, state, and federal level, and his writing has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, The New Republic, and The American Prospect. He lives with his wife and three children in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

A Note on Methodology	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
	p. 1
What Ever Happened to Huckleberry Finn?	p. 3
The Real Roots of Success and Failure	p. 31
Families Untied?	p. 47
Looking Inside Families	p. 71
The Roots of Gangs and Cliques	p. 81
Communities: More Than Kind and Less Than Kin	p. 97
The Troubles of Ghetto Children	p. 111
Why Our Efforts to Help Children Fail	p. 125
	p. 145
Healthy Starts	p. 147
Schools That Work	p. 169
Even If the Boat Goes Down: Child Protective Services	p. 187
The Police	p. 201
Beyond the Edifice Complex: What Cities Can Do	p. 223
Notes	p. 239
Bibliography	p. 263
Permission Acknowledgments	p. 265
Index	p. 267
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