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New edition of this bestselling undergraduate textbook, adopted in sociology and education departments throughout the world.
Children, Social Problems, and the Family
Children, Social Problems, and the Family
To explore and discuss the social problems of children in detail would take us beyond the scope of this book. Instead, in this chapter and in Chapter 11 we'll examine the general state of the world's children, identify positive trends and setbacks in our attempts to improve the quality of children's lives, and consider some real-life examples, which put a human face on the difficult challenges many children encounter every day. In this chapter we will focus on social problems of children related to their being members of families. We will examine the effects of socioeconomic change and accompanying changes in family structure and children's lives, the effects of divorce on children, and ...
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