[Prepared Statement of Heather Bastow Weiss at the Hearing on the Diversity and Strength of American Families, U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Washington, D.C., February 25, 1986).]

Autor/in	Weiss, Heather Bastow
Titel	[Prepared Statement of Heather Bastow Weiss at the Hearing on the Diversity and Strength of American Families, U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Washington, D.C., February 25, 1986).]
Quelle	(1986), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Community Programs; Family Programs; Local Issues; Policy Formation; Prevention; Public Policy; Research Needs; Social Influences; Social Support Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Family program; Familienprogramm; Politische Betätigung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Forschungsbedarf; Sozialer Einfluss; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung
Abstract	To assess the nature and importance of family support and education programs which have increased in number during the last decade, this prepared statement addresses three questions: (1) What is known about the ways in which context, defined as factors outside the nuclear family, affects a family's capacity to rear its children and build a fulfilling family life? (2) What are the main characteristics of family support and education programs and how do they strengthen, reinforce, and empower families? (3) Do such programs offer a common ground on which policy makers from a variety of perspectives can stand in order to promote the development of children and families? It is argued that the steady proliferation of family support and education programs from the grass-roots level, rather than from the federal level, reflects a systemic reaction to the paradox that contemporary families are faced with increasing stress at the same time that they are asked to assume a larger role in the care of dependents. It is further argued that these family support and education programs also reflect broader national debates about social policy for families in that they ask: What can governmental and other community institutions do to enhance the family's capacity to help itself and others? A reference list of over 30 items is included. (RH)
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