Back to Search
Start Over
Explorations in a proposed national policy for children and families
- Source :
- Adolescence. Summer 1997, Vol. 32 Issue 126, p429, 8 p.
- Publication Year :
- 1997
-
Abstract
- Empirical evidence suggests that the family system is under pressure in the United States. This evidence includes but is not limited to a significant increase in out-of-wedlock childbearing by teenagers, an increase in the number of children living in families below the poverty level, lack of available health care to large numbers of children and families, and a rising number of children dropping out of school. The authors offer an analysis of the problems facing families, and a national policy model for children and families is proposed.<br />Significant social, economic, and demographic changes have occurred in families over the last three decades. These changes have had a pronounced impact on children; many now live with only one [...]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00018449
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 126
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Adolescence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.19619423