Improving Children's Lives

The successes failures obstacles and possibilities for promoting healthier development and well-being among children around the world are considered in this volume.</p><p></p><p>The many physical and psychological problems both common and unique that face young people are considered. Contributors examine sources of stress such as inadequate parenting war and poverty; explore such topics as social policies children's rights and prevention and reduction of conduct disorders; and consider possible interventions. The suffering created by the growing division between the worlds of the wealthy and of the poverty-stricken is put into sharp perspective.