Childhood Lost: How American Culture is Failing Our Kids
- ISBN-10
- 0275981398
- ISBN-13
- 9780275981396
- Series
- Childhood Lost
- Category
- Psychology / General
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Sharna Olfman
Description
A disturbing look at American culture today and how it is connected to increasing numbers of children who are physically or mentally ill, obese, sexualized, violent, or neurologically and learning impaired.
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