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02616aam a2200349 i 4500 001 8106D12A7E0411EE85718D4F22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231108010026 008 220121s2022 caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021058135 020 $a 1440874298 020 $a 9781440874291 035 $a (OCoLC)1293448636 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d ELW $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Villegas, Christina G., $e author. 245 10 $a Foster care in America : $b a reference handbook / $c Christina G. Villegas. 264 1 $a Santa Barbara, California : $b ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, $c [2022] 300 $a xix, 292 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Contemporary world issues 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1. Background and history -- 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions -- 3. Perspectives -- 4. Profiles -- 5. Data and documents -- 6. Resources -- 7. Chronology -- Glossary. 520 $a "In a 1988 address dedicating May as National Foster Care Month, President Ronald Reagan emphasized that 'the family is the indispensable foundation of society; at its best, it performs tasks that no other entity can hope to duplicate.' All members of an immediate and extended family are important, but parents are especially essential as they bear the primary responsibility for children's physical, emotional, psychological, and social development. Dedicated parents are instrumental in building confidence, character, and self-sufficiency in adulthood. In fact, social science research over the past several decades has overwhelmingly demonstrated the importance of parental/child relationships and the beneficial influence of a stable family life on children's development and overall well-being and in preventing a variety of social pathologies (Wilcox et al. 2011). Unfortunately, this stability is absent for the large percentage of children who are removed from their family of birth and placed in the foster care system because they have been abused, neglected, abandoned, or are otherwise unable to continue living safely with their original guardians"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Foster home care $z United States. 650 0 $a Foster children $z United States $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Foster children $z United States $x Psychology. 830 0 $a Contemporary world issues. 941 $a 1 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20231108010324.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8106D12A7E0411EE85718D4F22ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b UIRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search