The State of America's Children Yearbook 1999
The State of America's Children Yearbook 1999

Author: Children's Defense Fund

Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780807041994

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Introduction by Marian Wright Edelman The flagship publication of "the most powerful political force for children in this country" --Parenting The State of America 's Children is the "must-have handbook for child workers, activist parents, teachers, speechmakers, media professionals--anyone looking for hard data and moving stories to help them fight for children's well-being in America" --Feminist Bookstore News This essential report gives annually revised, comprehensive, and state-by-state data on family income, child health, children and families in crisis, child care and early childhood development, child nutrition, education, adolescent pregnancy, violence, and more. It features a call to action by Marian Wright Edelman, plus invaluable information on national trends in child poverty, births to teens, mothers in the workforce, and youth unemployment. Also here are dozens of authoritative tables and charts on material and infant health indicators by race of mother, child health coverage (best and worst states), children under age eighteen in foster care, and much more.

The State of America's Children Yearbook, 1999
The State of America's Children Yearbook, 1999

Author: Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC.

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781881985211

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This report on the well-being of America's children highlights the critical need for renewed commitment to children by all sectors of society. The introduction describes health and educational outcomes for poor children and maintains that preparing all of the nation's children for the future and protecting them in the present is the greatest human rights and moral challenge facing the nation. The six chapters of the report focus on the following: (1) family income, including the pervasiveness of child poverty, the working poor, and legislative progress; (2) child health, including the problem of uninsured children and the Child Health Insurance Program; (3) child care, describing federal, state, and local initiatives, and presenting an action agenda; (4) education, including the Goals 2000 initiative, lagging international performance, reform efforts, and early and higher education; (5) children and families in crisis, including incidence estimates, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, attending to older teens in foster care, and increasing the emphasis on prevention; and (6) juvenile justice and youth development, including drops in violent crime rates, children and guns, nature of juvenile crime, school violence, juveniles in confinement, and successful community initiatives. Each chapter concludes with a proposed action agenda for 1999. The report's two appendices provide tabulated data on children nationwide and by state, covering areas such as poverty, maternal and infant health, adolescent childbearing, youth unemployment, government aid participation, child support, Head Start enrollment, child abuse and neglect, and firearm deaths. World Wide Web sites of interest to child advocates are also listed. (KB)

The Public Assault on America's Children
The Public Assault on America's Children

Author: Valerie Polakow

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2000-12

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780807739839

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Does our society care about its children? This provocative and in-depth examination of violence in the lives of children uncovers the conditions and social policies that perpetuate violence. In addition, this volume forces us to look at other forms of violence confronting children in families, neighborhoods, and schools: ? The violence of poverty and homelessness ? The violence of environmentally induced childhood diseases ? The media and legislative "criminalization" of children and ? The increasing trend towards incarceration of youthful offenders. The pre-eminent contributors to this volume examine these issues from both historical and contemporary public policy perspectives. They address the myths and realities of youth violence and the impact of poverty, race, and gender. Prevailing ideas about punishment and retribution, the role of the state in terms of private or public responsibility, and the developmental needs of the child are all themes that frame the multiple advocacy perspectives presented by these cogent essays.

The State of America's Children
The State of America's Children

Author: Children's Defense Fund

Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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The flagship publication of the most powerful political force for children in this country (Parenting) The State of America's Children is the must-have handbook for child workers, activist parents, teachers, speechmakers, media professionals--anyone looking for hard data and moving stories to help them fight for children's well-being in America (Feminist Bookstore News). This essential report gives annually revised, comprehensive, and state-by-state data on family income, child health, children and families in crisis, child care and early childhood development, child nutrition, education, adolescent pregnancy, violence, and more. It features a call to action by Marian Wright Edelman, plus invaluable information on national trends in child poverty, births to teens, mothers in the workforce, and youth unemployment. Also here are dozens of authoritative tables and charts on maternal and infant health indicators by race of mother, child health coverage (best and worst states), children under age eighteen in foster care, and much more.

Child, Family and State
Child, Family and State

Author: Stephen Macedo

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2003-02-10

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 1479892122

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In an era in which our conception of what constitutes a “normal” family has undergone remarkable changes, questions have arisen regarding the role of the state in “normalizing” families through public policy. In what ways should the law seek to facilitate, or oppose, parenting and child-rearing practices that depart from the “nuclear family” with two heterosexual parents? What should the state's stance be on single parent families, unwed motherhood, or the adoption of children by gay and lesbian parents? How should authority over child rearing and education be divided between parents and the state? And how should the state deal with the inequalities that arise from birthright citizenship? Through critical essays divided into four parts-Adoption, Race, and Public Policy; Education and Parental Authority; Same Sex Families; and Birthright Citizenship-Child, Family, and State considers the philosophical, political, and legal dilemmas that surround these difficult and divisive questions. An invaluable resource in these contentious debates, Child, Family, and State illuminates the moral questions that lie before policymakers and citizens when contemplating the future of children and families.

Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children
Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children

Author: Richard M. Lerner

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1475752067

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Family Diversity and Family Policy describes the dimensions of diversity which characterize the contemporary American family and discusses the implications for public policy and associated intervention programs linked to this diversity. The authors contend that if the programs and policies available to support families are to be most useful, they need to reflect the diversity of the families they intend to help. Beginning with a discussion of the historical and contemporary context of the American family, Family Diversity and Family Policy focuses on child poverty and argues that this topic may be usefully studied within the context of developmental systems theory. This theory systematically links the development of individuals to variations in their physical and social ecology, and is used as a framework for discussing: Contemporary challenges faced by parents charged with rearing adolescents, and the familial and societal issues that arise when the adolescents being reared are parents themselves. Current policy issues that arise from welfare debates in the United States and from recently-enacted welfare reform legislation. The importance for our nation of developing a comprehensive national youth policy. The authors draw implications for the design, delivery, and evaluation of diversity-sensitive policies and programs for families and youth, and offer a vision of how to link scholars, policy makers, and community members in multi-professional and multi-institutional collaborations promoting the positive development of American families and youth. Family Diversity and Family Policy is relevant to scholars and policy makers interested in human development, particularly of children and adolescents. In addition, it should be essential reading for practitioners and policy makers in government, private industry, and public and private social service organizations.

Diminished Rights
Diminished Rights

Author: Polakow, Valerie

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2001-07-18

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1861342772

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This study documents the daily lives of vunerable lone mothers and their children in Denmark. Loss of rights, gender and ethnic inequality, and family violence all emerge as key themes, with far-reaching international implications. The book presents case stories and questions the legal issues.

Same, Different, Equal
Same, Different, Equal

Author: Rosemary C. Salomone

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0300129149

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Although coeducation has been the norm within private and public schools since the 1970s, single-sex education has staged a comeback in recent years as a means of addressing the academic and social problems faced by some students. Single-sex education raises controversy on ideological grounds, and in 1996 the Supreme Court struck down the all-male admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute in a decision that has cast a legal cloud over public initiatives. In this timely book, Rosemary Salomone offers a reasoned educational and legal argument supporting single-sex education as an alternative to coeducation, particularly in the case of disadvantaged minority students. Salomone examines the history of women’s education and exclusion, philosophical and psychological theories of sameness and difference, findings on educational achievement and performance, the research evidence on single-sex schooling, and the legal questions that have arisen. Correcting many of the current misconceptions about single-sex education, she argues that it is a viable option and that the road to gender equality should be paved with diverse educational opportunities for all students—regardless of race, class, or gender.