Other People's Children
- ISBN-10
- 0465053823
- ISBN-13
- 9780465053827
- Series
- Other People's Children
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-04-04
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Author
- Julia Wrigley
Description
Interviews with more than 150 parents and care givers inform a probing examination of the anxieties and conflicts that arise in situations in which middle-class parents and their children's care givers have different cultural backgrounds
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