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Down Our Way Jacqueline Barnes (Institute for the Study of Children, London, UK)

Down Our Way By Jacqueline Barnes (Institute for the Study of Children, London, UK)

Down Our Way by Jacqueline Barnes (Institute for the Study of Children, London, UK)

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This book will describe in detail what it is like to be a parent in four different communities in England. The research data that are the basis for this description are interpreted in relation to a number of key factors, include: family social class, ethnic group, length of time on the neighbourhood and the presence of extended family locally.

Down Our Way Summary

Down Our Way: The Relevance of Neighbourhoods for Parenting and Child Development by Jacqueline Barnes (Institute for the Study of Children, London, UK)

This book will describe in detail what it is like to be a parent in four different communities in England. The research data that are the basis for this description are interpreted in relation to a number of key factors, include: family social class, ethnic group, length of time on the neighbourhood and the presence of extended family locally.

The book will be of interest to anyone wanting to know more about how to improve the lives of parents and children. Special focus is placed on those families who face disadvantage, either in relation to personal vulnerabilities or in relation to living in neighbourhoods lacking in resources and facilities.

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1 Introduction. 2 The Families and Neighbourhoods Study. 3 An introduction to some of the families. 4 Is this where I want to belong? 5 What can we do? Where can we go? 6 Local friends - a unique role? 7 Discipline and control. 8 Children out and about. 9 Is it "better to belong"? 10 Conclusions and implications. References. Appendix 1 The survey. Appendix 2 The qualitative study. Index.

About Jacqueline Barnes (Institute for the Study of Children, London, UK)

Jacqueline Barnes is Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, based at the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues. Professor Barnes is one of the directors of the national evaluation of the UK governments Sure Start local programmes initiative.

After qualifying at the University of Wisconsin to be an educational psychologist she returned to the UK and was awarded her PhD in Psychology from London University in 1983.

In the 1980s she developed the Early Years Behaviour Checklist with Naomi Richman, a widely used measure of the behavioural problems of young children in group settings. She also worked at Harvard in the USA, returning afterwards to London University. Her current research interests are: evaluation of early intervention programmes related to childrens health and development and parenting; community characteristics and the environment as they relate to family functioning and children; and the use of child care in the early years, particularly factors associated with mothers of returning to work after having a new baby.

Table of Contents

List of pictures, figures and tables.

Acknowledgements.

1. Introduction.

2. The Families and Neighbourhoods Study.

3. An introduction to some of the families.

4. Is this where I want to belong?

5. What can we do? Where can we go?

6. Local friends a unique role?

7. Discipline and control.

8. Children out and about.

9. Is it better to belong to the neighbourhood?

10. Conclusions and implications for the future.

References.

Appendix 1. The survey.

Appendix 2. The qualitative study.

Subject Index.

Author Index.

Additional information

GOR013863465
9780470030721
0470030720
Down Our Way: The Relevance of Neighbourhoods for Parenting and Child Development by Jacqueline Barnes (Institute for the Study of Children, London, UK)
Jacqueline Barnes (Institute for the Study of Children, London, UK)
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2007-03-30
306
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