Ebook: A good childhood: searching for values in a competitive age
Author: Dunn Judy, Good Childhood Inquiry., Layard Richard
- Tags: Child development--Research--Great Britain, Child rearing--Great Britain--21st century, Children--Great Britain--Social conditions--21st century, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Parent & Adult Child, Poor children--Great Britain--Social conditions--21st century, Poor children, Poor children--Social conditions, Child development--Research, Child rearing, Children--Social conditions, Cross-cultural studies, Children -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 21st century, Poor children -- Great Britain --
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- City: London;Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
Every day the newspapers lament the problems facing our children -- broken homes, pressures to eat and drink, the stress of exams. The same issues are discussed in every pub and at every dinner party. But is life really more difficult for children than it was, and if so why? And how can we make it better?This book, which is a result of a two year investigation by the Children's Society and draws upon the work of the UK's leading experts in many fields, explores the main stresses and influences to which every child is exposed -- family, friends, youth culture, values, and schooling, and will make recommendations as to how we can improve the upbringing of our children. It tackles issues which affect every child, whatever their background, and questions and provides solutions to the belief that life has become so extraordinarily difficult for children in general.The experts make 30 specific recommendations, written not from the point of view of academics, but for the general...