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Neighborhoods’ Impact on Kids
Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 by Michael • No comments yet
Kevin Harris writes about a new book today that sounds interesting…
I first heard Jacqueline Barnes talking about her research into families, parenting and neighbourhoods about three years ago and I couldn’t understand why the whole world didn’t know about it. I’ve referred to it a few times here (eg) and now it’s time to welcome the book – Down our way: the relevance of neighbourhoods for parenting and child development. It’s published by Wiley and also available via Amazon.
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