In this book, the authors present current research on the challenges, practices and cultural influences of parenting. Topics discussed in this comp...

Each day, the safety and well-being of children across the Nation are threatened by child abuse and neglect. Many of these children live in homes w...

Today's children and adolescents are experiencing higher rates of overweightness/obesity and poorer health outcomes than any other time in history....

Social Security (comprising Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI)) is the largest single program in the federal gove...

With the growing adolescent developmental problems such as substance abuse, mental health problems and school violence, many primary prevention pro...

This book presents cutting edge work and recent findings in the areas of language development, social skills, and behavioural functioning in pre-sc...

As the search for solutions that effectively address childhood obesity continues, organisations and communities across the country are experimentin...

The private sector pension system in the United States represents trillions of dollars in assets and is a key source of financial security for mill...

Research findings showed that secondary school students in Hong Kong face many challenges. In particular, morbid emphasis on academic excellence ha...

Research with children is an invaluable way to tell their story in their own words. Research documenting ideas about children from parent and teach...

This book aims to provide a critical reflection on existing epistemologies of ageing and alternatively, introduce post-structuralist insights to ag...

Scientific studies have shown that because children's bodies are still developing, they can be more vulnerable than adults to certain environmental...

Throughout the years, health research has focused mostly on urban and inner city subjects for various reasons. That focus has made our understandin...

Over the past 100 years, Congress has sought to prohibit acts of sexual abuse of minors and punish those who harm the nation's children. These effo...

While all child abuse is troubling, sexual abuse by school personnel raises particular concerns because of the trust placed in schools. Federal law...

This brief textbook provides a broad critical introduction to social theory in terms of its engagement with modernity and to a lesser extent, with ...

This book explores the concept of ageing and presents it in the disciplinary field entitled 'Social Gerontology'. The book examines key theories th...

When does a child learn to read? Many people might say, "in kindergarten or first grade". But researchers have told us something very important. Le...

Recent surveys suggest that while modern-day teenagers face many of the same problems as their predecessors of a generation ago, these problems may...

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant provides grants to states for a wide range of benefits, services, and activities tha...

This volume presents a survey of technological innovations that enhance both the learning processes and the living conditions of individuals who li...

Since 2012, there has been a rapid increase in the number of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) apprehended at the U.S.-Mexican border. According t...