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Author : Elizabeth McCracken
Release : 1913
Genre : Children
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Book Synopsis The American Child by : Elizabeth McCracken
Download or read book The American Child written by Elizabeth McCracken. This book was released on 1913. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas L. Syrett
Release : 2016-09-02
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 542/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American Child Bride by : Nicholas L. Syrett
Download or read book American Child Bride written by Nicholas L. Syrett. This book was released on 2016-09-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But Nicholas L. Syrett challenges this assumption in his sweeping and sometimes shocking history of youthful marriage in America. Focusing on young women and girls--the most common underage spouses--Syrett tracks the marital history of American minors from the colonial period to the present, chronicling the debates and moral panics related to these unions. Although the frequency of child marriages has declined since the early twentieth century, Syrett reveals that the practice was historically far more widespread in the United States than is commonly thought. It also continues to this day: current estimates indicate that 9 percent of living American women were married before turning eighteen. By examining the legal and social forces that have worked to curtail early marriage in America--including the efforts of women's rights activists, advocates for children's rights, and social workers--Syrett sheds new light on the American public's perceptions of young people marrying and the ways that individuals and communities challenged the complex legalities and cultural norms brought to the fore when underage citizens, by choice or coercion, became husband and wife.
Author : George Comstock
Release : 2010-07-27
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 375/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Media and the American Child by : George Comstock
Download or read book Media and the American Child written by George Comstock. This book was released on 2010-07-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media and the American Child summarizes the research on all forms of media on children, looking at how much time they spend with media everyday, television programming and its impact on children, how advertising has changed to appeal directly to children and the effects on children and the consumer behavior of parents, the relationship between media use and scholastic achievement, the influence of violence in media on anti-social behavior, and the role of media in influencing attitudes on body image, sex and work roles, fashion, & lifestyle. The average American child, aged 2-17, watches 25 hours of TV per week, plays 1 hr per day of video or computer games, and spends an additional 36 min per day on the internet. 19% of children watch more than 35 hrs per week of TV. This in the face of research that shows TV watching beyond 10 hours per week decreases scholastic performance. In 1991, George Comstock published Television and the American Child, which immediately became THE standard reference for the research community of the effects of television on children. Since then, interest in the topic has mushroomed, as the availability and access of media to children has become more widespread and occurs earlier in their lifetimes. No longer restricted to television, media impacts children through the internet, computer and video games, as well as television and the movies. There are videos designed for infants, claiming to improve cognitive development, television programs aimed for younger and younger children-even pre-literates, computer programs aimed for toddlers, and increasingly graphic, interactive violent computer games. Presents the most recent research on the media use of young people Investigates the content of children's media and addresses areas of great concern including violence, sexual behavior, and commercialization Discusses policy making in the area of children and the media Focuses on experiences unique to children and adolescents
Author : George A. Comstock
Release : 1991
Genre : Medical
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Book Synopsis Television and the American Child by : George A. Comstock
Download or read book Television and the American Child written by George A. Comstock. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comstock explores the effects of television viewing on children's daily experience, scholastic achievement, belief and perception formation, consumer behavior, and psychology. He draws on numerous studies to show how American society has changed and will change further as the result of television viewing.
Author : Andrew Billingsley
Release : 1972
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 718/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Children of the Storm by : Andrew Billingsley
Download or read book Children of the Storm written by Andrew Billingsley. This book was released on 1972. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the reasons why the system of American child welfare is failing Black children.
