| Parents Under Siege: Why You Are the Solution, Not the Problem, in Your Child's Life Contributor(s): Garbarino, James (Author), Bedard, Claire (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743223837 ISBN-13: 9780743223836 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: A compassionate and practical guide for parents facing the difficult task of raising children in an increasingly violent world. This intelligent, parent-centered reference takes a sympathetic yet tough-minded look at the forces that are shaping--and disrupting--American family life today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General - Self-help | Emotions |
| Dewey: 649.1 |
| LCCN: 2001023692 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.52" W x 8.44" (0.56 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Topical - Family |
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| Publisher Description: Is it always a parent's fault if a child grows up to become unruly, disruptive, or even destructive? Are parents always to blame for children "growing up wrong"? Is it possible that good parents can raise bad kids? Is it always a parent's fault if a child grows up to become unruly, disruptive, or even destructive? Are parents always to blame for children "growing up wrong"? Is it possible that good parents can raise bad kids? Nationally recognized psychologist James Garbarino and child advocate Claire Bedard present tough-minded yet compassionate tactics for parents of children who don't make headlines-but who are exceptionally difficult and disruptive of normal family life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Garbarino, James: - James Garbarino, PhD, is an author and professor at Loyola University Chicago. He has specialized in studying what causes violence in children, how they cope with it and how to rehabilitate them. Dr. Garbarino has served as consultant or adviser to a wide range of organizations, including the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, the National Institute for Mental Health, the American Medical Association, the National Black Child Development Institute, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the FBI. |