Children in Poverty: Child Development and Public Policy

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 9/15/2010
EAN 9780521477567, ISBN10: 0521477565

Paperback, 344 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

The number of children living in poverty in the United States increased dramatically during the 1980s and remains high. Why are so many children growing up in poor families? What are the effects of poverty on children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development? What role can public policy and policy research play in preventing or alleviating the damaging effects of poverty on children? Children in Poverty examines these questions, focusing on the child rather than on parents' income or self-sufficiency.

Preface
1. Children in poverty
developmental and policy issues
2. The economic environment of childhood
3. The role of mother-only families in reproducing poverty
4. The association between adolescent parenting and childhood poverty
5. The strain of living poor
parenting, social support, and child mental health
6. The health of poor children
problems and programs
7. With a little help
children in poverty and child care
8. Poverty, early childhood education, and academic competence
the Abecedarian experiment
9. Educational acceleration for at-risk students
10. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses of interventions for children in poverty
11. Effective progras for children growing up in concentrated poverty
12. Antecedents, consequences, and possible solutions for poverty among children
Author index
Subject index.