Children in jeopardy
Subtitle: can we break the cycle of poverty?
By: Irving B. Harris.
Series: The Yale Child Study Center monograph series on child psychiatry, child development, and social policy ;; vol. 1
Publisher: Yale Child Study Center; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Child welfare -- United States.; Children with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States.; Poor children -- Services for -- United States.; Teenage pregnancy -- United States -- Prevention.
Description: In this compassionate and controversial book Irving Harris argues that the key to breaking the cycle of poverty, hopelessness, and violence is very early intervention: we must provide adequate caregiving to children from birth to age three and - to stop the cycle even sooner - we must discourage pregnancy among adolescents.

Harris, a successful businessman, has devoted himself to children's causes for the past forty years and has initiated and funded numerous programs geared to children and families. He presents data from research in pediatrics, social work, nursing, psychology, and education showing that children who receive early nurturing and stimulation are far more likely to have success in school and in life.

He urges that the government build more day-care centers and train more caregivers and public-health nurses for babies and small children; that schools offer instruction and counseling in prenatal care; and that there be easier access to contraceptives and abortions in order to reduced unwanted pregnancies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-221) and index.