Children at the millennium
Subtitle: where have we come from, where are we going?
By: edited by Sandra L. Hofferth, Timothy J. Owens.
Contributors: Owens, Timothy J.; Hofferth, Sandra L.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Advances in life course research ;; v. 6
Publisher: JAI
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Child development.; Children -- Social conditions.
Description: xi, 323 p. : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; title: PREFACE; title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; title: 1. CHILDREN AT THE MILLENNIUM: A REPORT FROM; title: THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; title: Timothy J. Owens and Sandra L. Hofferth; title: SECTION I: HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE; title: PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD; title: 2. CHILDREN IN YOUNG AND AGING SOCIETIES: THE; title: ORDER OF GENERATIONS AND MODELS OF; title: CHILDHOOD IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; title: Juergen Zinnecker; title: 3. FROM THE CHICAGO SCHOOL TO THE NEW; title: SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDREN: THE SOCIOLOGY OF; title: CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN THE UNITED STATES,; title: 1900-1999; title: Heather Beth Johnson; title: SECTION II: FROM VALUES AND BELIEFS TO; title: POSITIVE BEHAVIOR; title: 4. PARENTAL VALUES, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIOR:; title: A REVIEW AND PROMULGA FOR RESEARCH INTO; title: THE NEW CENTURY; title: Duane F Alwin; title: 5. PREVENTING PROBLEMS VS. PROMOTING THE; title: POSITIVE: WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN?; title: Kristin A. Moore and Tamara G. Halle; title: SECTION IH: CHILDREN'S CHANGING EXPERIENCES; title: 6. MEN'S FLIGHT FROM CHILDREN IN THE U.S.:; title: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; title: Dennis P. Hogan and Frances Goldscheider; title: 7. CHANGES IN AMERICAN CHILDREN'S TIME,; title: 1981-1997; title: Sandra L. Hofferth and John E Sandberg; title: SECTION IV: THE CONTEXTS OF CHILDREN'S LIVES; title: 8. ADOLESCENTS' ANTICIPATIONS OF WORK-FAMILY; title: CONFLICT IN A CHANGING SOCIETAL CONTEXT; title: Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Sabrina Oesterle and; title: Jeylan T. Mortimer; title: 9. CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHILD; title: WELL-BEING: UNDERSTANDING HOW CHILDREN; title: MAY BE AFFECTED IN THE COMING CENTURY; title: Tama Leventhal and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; title: 10. CONFRONTING THE DILEMMAS OF CHILD; title: WELFARE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE; title: Penelope L. Maza.