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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Tender Years

The Tender Years

Berrick, Jill Duerr
Barth, Richard P.
Jonson-Reid, Melissa

Paperback

Series: Child Welfare: A Child Welfare Practice, Policy, and Research

General ParentingPoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0195114531
ISBN13: 9780195114539
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 5 1998
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.18 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
The first few years of life are a time of unparalleled physical, intellectual, and emotional development. But they can also be a time of neglect and abuse: this is the period when children are most likely to suffer mistreatment by their parents, and most likely to be placed in foster care. Today most children entering the child welfare system are very young, and, in most large states, infants are the largest group of children entering foster care each year. Social service systems are typically not designed for very young children, however, and therefore fail to serve their special needs. This shortcoming is significant because protecting very young children from physical harm is not enough; they must also be protected from developmental harm.

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