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In this highly acclaimed work first published in 1974, Glen H. Elder Jr. presents the first longitudinal study of a Depression cohort. He follows 167 individual

7-year-old Innosanto spends an exciting night with his mom sleeping under the stars in the Jakarta Planetarium. Innosanto's father is a playwright and the boy m

Draws on international case studies, including India, South Africa and the Caribbean, to explore everyday childhood in relation to employment, religion, policin

All families change over time. Sometimes a baby is born, or a grown-up gets married. And sometimes a child gets a new foster parent or a new adopted mom or dad.

Too many American families are in serious peril, and both the reality of the situation and the myths obscuring that reality call for attention and swift action.