ABSTRACT
This book was first published in 1978. The parents about whom the authors have written this book live in the poorest areas of a large city. They are widely dispersed; they do not know one another. There are certain features about their lives that bind them together and make them speak as if they had exchanged their views. Many come from large families and know the sorrows of premature death, disablement, stillbirth and unwanted pregnancy. This account of fifty-six families is an attempt to explore the interrelationship between the parents' circumstances and the difficulties encountered by their children.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |83 pages
Data
chapter |12 pages
The Problem Defined
chapter |18 pages
The Families and the Environment
chapter |7 pages
The Control Groups and the Random Sample
chapter |24 pages
The Boys at School
chapter |12 pages
The Play-Groups
chapter |8 pages
Delinquency
part |76 pages
Conversations with Parents
chapter |18 pages
Shared Experience and the Socialization of Children
chapter |18 pages
The World of the Child
chapter |24 pages
Achievement, Self-Reliance and Responsibility
chapter |14 pages
Tolerance and Discipline
part |38 pages
Interpretation