Bibliograph

When the bough breaks, the cost of neglecting our children, Sylvia Ann Hewlett

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When the bough breaks, the cost of neglecting our children, Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-327) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When the bough breaks

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

23082775

Responsibility statement

Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Sub title

the cost of neglecting our children

Summary

Examines the plight of America's children demonstrating how and why child neglect diminishes America's prosperity and humanity

Table Of Contents

Fractured childhoods -- A matter of national survival -- Disadvantaged kids and the resource defecit -- Mainstream kids and the time defecit -- Private choices: looking out for number one -- Public choices: shortchanging the future -- Government policy and the beginnings of life -- The private sector and win-win scenarios -- A call to action -- Saving our children, saving ourselves -- The limits of freedom

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