Children First: What Society Must Do--and is Not Doing--for Children Today
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Children First: What Society Must Do–and is Not Doing–for Children Today

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From the bestselling author of the classic Your Baby & Child comes “a book full of wisdom…written by one of the world’s leading nurturers of parents (T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.). • “A call for a revolution.” —The New York Times Magazine The child psychologist whose book Your Baby & Child has provided indispensable advice to a new generation of parents now offers a groundbreaking book which suggests that even the best parenting may not be enough in a society that is hostile to children. Leach shows how our laws, employment polices, and culture end up depriving children of their parents. The child psychologist whose book Your Baby & Child has provided indispensable advice to a new generation of parents now offers a groundbreaking book which suggests that even the best parenting may not be enough in a society that is hostile to children. Leach shows how our laws, employment polices, and culture end up depriving children of their parents.

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Weight 1.26 kg
Dimensions 1.66 × 13.16 × 2.25 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country

USA
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

320
Publisher

Year Published

1995-4-25
Imprint

ISBN 10

0679754660
About The Author

PENELOPE LEACH, author of Your Baby & Child, Your Growing Child, Babyhood and The First Six Months, was educated at Cambridge University and the London School of Economics, where she received her Ph.D. in psychology and lectured on psychology and child development. A Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Chair of the Child Development Society, she works in various capacities for parents' organizations and sits on the Commission on Social Justice. Her program "Your Baby & Child" is broadcast on Lifetime Television. Penelope Leach is married to an environmental policy analyst, and they have two children.

"A book full of wisdom and challenge, written by one of the world's leading nurturers of parents. Dr. Leach is deeply concerned about the inadequate support and parenting children are getting in our present marketplace society. She challenges all of us to put families and children first, and she suggests innovative ways that not only society but individual parents can bring about change in our priorities. A wonderful book!" —T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.

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