Children in Danger
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1555424163
Category
Reference
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Publication Year
1992
Pages
288
Subject
Child Development
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Abstract
Working with children who grow up in the crossfire of Community Violence
Description
Childhood is ideally a time of safety, marked by freedom from the economic, sexual, and political demands that later become part of adult life. For many children, however, particularly those who live in our inner cities, childhood is increasingly a time of danger. In the urban war zones of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., children grow up with firsthand knowledge of terror and violence. This book examines the threat to childhood development posed by living amid chronic community violence. Most importantly, it shows caregiving adults such as teachers, psychologists, social workers, and counselors how they can work together to help children while they are still children?before they become angry, aggressive adults.
Number of Copies
1
