Author: Alison Clarke-Stewart

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Child Care in the Family: A Review of Research and Some Propositions for Policy reviews the research on family influence on children’s development and of the implications of the research for policy. …

This comprehensive book provides a balanced overview of the current research on divorce. The authors examine the scientific evidence to uncover what can be said with certainty about divorce and what …

Nearly three-quarters of American mothers work full- or part-time–usually out of financial necessity–and require regular child care. How do such arrangements affect children? If they are not at hom …

There are eight million preschoolers whose mothers now work, most of them because of economic necessity. For these mothers the question is not whether to use daycare, but how to choose among the avai …