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, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / M...
Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / Mary Eberstadt.
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Publisher
New York : Sentinel, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N306.874/ 94
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Language
English
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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...
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Publisher
New York : Sentinel, 2004.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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"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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Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / Mary Eberstadt.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N306.874/ 94
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74VKpLqzPxLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKpLqzPxLd
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1595230041 (hbk.) :
9781595230041
1595230041
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306.874
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991019318129702626
