Restoring Power to Parents and Places

<p>To progress successfully through all of their stages of development children need to grow up in good communities. Good communities do not occur without viable productive families. In <i>Restoring Power to Parents and Places</i> author Richard Kordesh makes a compelling call for the productive family's renewal and provides creative steps for parents professionals and policymakers to take to strengthen communities around all children.</p> <p>Kordesh's experiences as a planner professor and father have taught him that productive families are vitally important to the creation of good communities around children. He details historically and with contemporary examples the forces in our society that place stresses on families in all sectors. <i>Restoring Power to Parents and Places</i> presents a pointed critique of economic and political forces that have harmed families but it also offers practical suggestions for action by parents community leaders community development and planning professionals and governments at the local state and federal levels.</p> <p><i>Restoring Power to Parents and Places</i> celebrates the productive potentials of a family's habitat and it provides tools for empowering families-giving them more time and ability to raise their children.</p>