| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 428 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge books online.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index. |
| 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, Rebecca Wolfe, Amy Lyubchik, Ronald Steingard -- Prenatal care, delivery, and birth outcomes / Paul H. Wise -- Access to health care for young children in the United States / Paul W. Newacheck, Miles Hochstein, Kristen S. Marchi, Neal Halfon -- Anticipatory guidance: what information do parents receive? What information do they want? / Mark A. Schuster, Michael Regalado, Naihua Duan, David J. Klein -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child rearing -- United States.
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Child rearing. |
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United States. |
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Parenting -- United States.
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Parenting. |
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Parents -- United States.
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Parents. |
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Child health services -- United States.
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Child health services. |
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Family life surveys -- United States.
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Family life surveys. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Halfon, Neal.
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McLearn, Kathryn Taaffe, 1946-
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Schuster, Mark A., 1959-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Child rearing in America. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 9780521012645 (DLC) 2001043679 (OCoLC)47927639 |
| ISBN |
9780511499753 (electronic book) |
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0511499752 (electronic book) |
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0511045468 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511045462 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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051104240X (electronic book) |
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9780511042409 (electronic book) |
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0511177429 (electronic book) |
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9780511177422 (electronic book) |
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1280434058 |
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9781280434051 |
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0521813204 (hardback) |
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9780521813204 (hardback) |
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0521012643 (paperback) |
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9780521012645 (paperback) |
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