Childhood lost : how American culture is failing our kids / edited by Sharna Olfman.

Other author Olfman, Sharna.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2005.
Descriptionxiv, 226 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Children--United States. --Social conditions. --20th century.
Children--United States. --Social conditions. --21st century.
Children--Government policy. --United States.
Family policy--United States.
Children--Health and hygiene. --United States.

SeriesChildhood in America
Childhood in America. ^A565841
Contents Children's irreducible needs -- The natural history of childhood / Meredith Small -- Why parenting matters / Laura Berk -- How American culture is failing our kids -- The war against parents / Sylvia Ann Hewlett & Cornel West -- The impact of media violence on developing minds and hearts / Gloria DeGaetano -- Childhood : the fastest growing market segment / Susan Linn -- Big food, big money, big children / Katherine Battle Horgen -- So sexy so soon : the sexualization of childhood / Diane Levin -- Techno-environmental assaults on childhood in America / Varda Burstyn & Gary Sampson -- "No child left" : what are schools for in a democratic society? / Peter Sacks -- Where do the children play? / Sharna Olfman.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004028036
ISBN0275981398 (alk. paper)