Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia

Business & Money

Cochran, Moncrieff

New, Rebecca S.

Education & Reference

Praeger

<p>Child care arrangements, whether formal or informal, are a critical part of the family support system and can provide nurturing, loving, and stimulating care for a child. To help parents find the right person or organization and ensure that the care is of top quality, this book tells precisely what to look for, what questions to ask, and how to be assertive and persistent in fitting individual needs. In husband-and-wife team Mon and Eva Cochran, parents will find an advocate, an inspiring and practical voice, invaluable to them as they work to create a partnership of care on behalf of their child. A MARINER PAPERBACK ORIGINAL.</p>

Child Care That Works: A Parent's Guide to Finding Quality Child Care

Cochran, Eva

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Houghton/Mifflin

How do personal networks evolve and what roles do they play for parents, and for the development of children? Can these ties with relatives, neighbors, and friends provide stability for family members during periods of disruption caused by divorce, unemployment, geographic dislocation or serious illness? How do networks change over time? To what extent are network members interchangeable; can unrelated friends take the place of close relatives? These are among the questions addressed in Extending Families, a ground-breaking study about how personal networks evolve, and what roles they play for parents and for the development of children. The volume is an outgrowth of a ten-year cooperative research effort carried out by the authors as part of the Comparative Ecology of Human Development Project at Cornell University. The authors document and compare the roles of network member players, the ways that networks change over time, and the impact of different network resources on developing individuals. The impacts on parent network participation in a community-based family support program are examined, and a more general discussion of how public policies might strengthen access to informal social supporters is also provided.

Extending Families: The Social Networks of Parents and their Children

Riley, David

Larner, Mary

Gunnarsson, Lars

Henderson Jr, Charles R.

Psychology & Counseling

Cambridge University Press

<p>How do personal networks evolve and what roles do they play for parents, and for the development of children? Can these ties with relatives, neighbors, and friends provide stability for family members during periods of disruption caused by divorce, unemployment, geographic dislocation or serious illness? How do networks change over time? To what extent are network members interchangeable; can unrelated friends take the place of close relatives? These are among the questions addressed in Extending Families, a ground-breaking study about how personal networks evolve, and what roles they play for parents and for the development of children. The volume is an outgrowth of a ten-year cooperative research effort carried out by the authors as part of the Comparative Ecology of Human Development Project at Cornell University. The authors document and compare the roles of network member players, the ways that networks change over time, and the impact of different network resources on developing individuals. The impacts on parent network participation in a community-based family support program are examined, and a more general discussion of how public policies might strengthen access to informal social supporters is also provided.</p>

Finding Our Way: The Future of American Early Care and Education

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Zero to Three

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