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Author:
Westman, Jack C.
Title:
Licensing parents : can we prevent child abuse and neglect? / Jack C. Westman ; with a foreword by Charles D. Gill.
Publisher:
Insight Books,
Copyright Date:
c1994
Description:
xviii, 347 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Child abuse--United States.
Abusive parents--United States.
Children's rights--United States.
Parenting--United States.
Child abuse--United States.
Parenting
Parent-Child Relations
Child welfare--United States.
Child Advocacy--United States
Abuse--Abuse
United States
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The eroding quality of life in the United States -- The proximate cause: incompetent parenting -- The benefits to society of competent parenting -- The effects of incompetent parenting -- The costs of incompetent parenting -- The tolerance of incompetent parenting -- Juvenile ageism -- A child's right to competent parenting -- A parent's right to be competent -- A new way of thinking about children -- A national parenting policy -- Arguments against licensing parents.
ISBN:
9780306447662
0306447665
OCLC:
(OCoLC)30809344
LCCN:
94022546
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

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