Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index.
Contents
"Something's gone way wrong" -- The building blocks of healthy growth -- Back to basics : a parenting primer -- Fast forward : the fragile family -- Losing connection -- Abandoning authority -- Building résumés -- The new insecurity -- The new individualism -- Rethinking accountability -- What makes us, us : clarifying purpose and conduct -- Redefining the home-school partnership -- Resistance and leadership : building faculty will -- Parenting parents : building faculty skill -- Paradox, realism, and hope.