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Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / M...

Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behav...

Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / M...

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Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / Mary Eberstadt.

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Full title

Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / Mary Eberstadt.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New York : Sentinel, 2004.

Date

2004.

Call Numbers

N306.874/ 94

Record Identifier

74VKpLqzPxLd

MMS ID

991019318129702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xx, 218 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. The real trouble with day care -- 2. The furious child problem -- 3. Why Dick and Jane are fat -- 4. The mental health catastrophe -- 5. Wonder drugs and double standards -- 6. "Ozzie and Harriet, come back!" : the primal scream of teenage music -- 7. The ravages of "responsible" teenage sex -- 8...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Sentinel, 2004.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2004.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Eberstadt offers hard data proving that absent parents are the common denominator of many recent epidemics, including obesity, STDs, behavioral problems such as attention deficit disorder, and the use of psychiatric medication in even very young children. Drawing on a wide range of medical and social science literature as well as juvenile popular...

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Full title

Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / Mary Eberstadt.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N306.874/ 94

Record Identifier

74VKpLqzPxLd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKpLqzPxLd

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ISBN

1595230041 (hbk.) :

9781595230041

1595230041

9781595230041 (hbk.) :

DDC

306.874

MMS ID

991019318129702626

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