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A collection of 14 essays considering strategies for enhancing urban life for children and youths in the areas of family life, education, and health. The contributing education scholars explore suburban flight and its effect on US cities, the coping mechanisms of urban families, community and university partnerships offering aid to families and children, the barriers to successful education in urban schools and workable reform methods, strategies for preventing violence and drug abuse, and multicultural training for health care workers. Includes some statistical tables. Paper edition (unseen), $26.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Both the positive and the negative circumstances that confront children and young people living in cities are examined in this volume, which identifies the best researched-based solutions for improving these circumstances.The contributors explore topics such as: factors that have influenced inner-city life - migration patterns and middle-class flights from cities and ghettos; the role of coping, resources and skills in an urban family's successful management of stress; community-university partnerships that offer workable solutions to urban children and their families; and the features of homes, schools and communities that promote academic success and healthy psychological development in adverse circumstances. They also
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