The Family Crucible and Healthy Child Development.

Autor/in	Hamburg, David A.
Institution	Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY.
Titel	The Family Crucible and Healthy Child Development.
Quelle	(1992), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adolescents; At Risk Persons; Child Development; Children; Disadvantaged Youth; Early Childhood Education; Early Intervention; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Problems; Family Programs; Government Role; Health Programs; Parents; Public Policy; Social Services + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risikogruppe; Kindesentwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Familienkrise; Family program; Familienprogramm; Eltern; Öffentliche Ordnung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste
Abstract	This essay examines the challenges that today's children and families face due to the rapidly changing nature of modern society, and suggests some solutions to help ensure the optimal development of children and adolescents. Rapid technological change, the decline of the extended family, the increased number of women in the workplace, and increasing incidences of divorce, single parenthood, and substance abuse have transformed American society in the late 20th century, making parenting both more difficult and more complex. To help parents cope with these challenges, government, health care institutions, schools, and voluntary organizations need to cooperate to provide a network of supportive health, educational, and social services that are available to families with children and adolescents in all communities. These services should include: (1) enriched prenatal care; (2) well-baby care; (3) good-quality day care; (4) family support organizations that build parental competence; and (5) youth agencies and organizations that provide young people with recreational activities and teach a variety of basic life skills. While the costs of such policies may be considerable, the social and economic costs of not implementing them, in the form of lost productivity, increased health care and welfare costs, rising prison populations, and growing social discord, will be even greater. Contains 45 references. (MDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC