Childhood lost : how American culture is failing our kids /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Olfman, Sharna
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.
Series:	Childhood in America.
Subjects:	Children > United States > Social conditions > 20th century. Children > United States > Social conditions > 21st century. Children > Government policy > United States. Family policy > United States. Children > Health and hygiene > United States.

Table of Contents:

Children's irreducible needs
The natural history of childhood / Meredith Small
Why parenting matters / Laura Berk
How American culture is failing our kids
The war against parents / Sylvia Ann Hewlett & Cornel West
The impact of media violence on developing minds and hearts / Gloria DeGaetano
Childhood : the fastest growing market segment / Susan Linn
Big food, big money, big children / Katherine Battle Horgen
So sexy so soon : the sexualization of childhood / Diane Levin
Techno-environmental assaults on childhood in America / Varda Burstyn & Gary Sampson
"No child left" : what are schools for in a democratic society? / Peter Sacks
Where do the children play? / Sharna Olfman.