ISBN: 9781441967916

Itâ??s a startling reality that more American children are victimsâ??and perpetratorsâ??of violence than those of any other developed country. Yet unlike the other nations, the United Sta… More...

Itâ??s a startling reality that more American children are victimsâ??and perpetratorsâ??of violence than those of any other developed country. Yet unlike the other nations, the United States has yet to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Compelling, readable, and interdisciplinary, A Childâ??s Right to a Healthy Environment provides an abundance of skilled observation, important findings, and keen insights to place childrenâ??s well-being in the vanguard of human rights concerns, both in the United States and globally. Within this volume, authors examine the impediments to the crucial goals of justice, safety, dignity, well-being, and meaning in childrenâ??s lives, factors as varied as socioeconomic stressors, alienated, disengaged parents, and corrosive moral lessons from the media. The complex role of religious institutions in promoting and, in many cases, curtailing childrenâ??s rights is analyzed, as are international efforts by advocates and policymakers to address major threats to childrenâ??s development, including: War and natural disasters. Environmental toxins (e.g., malaria and lead poisoning). The child obesity epidemic. Gun violence. Child slavery and trafficking. Toxic elements in contemporary culture. A Childâ??s Right to a Healthy Environment is a powerful call to action for researchers and professionals in developmental, clinical child, school, and educational psychology as well as psychiatry, pediatrics, social work, general and special education, sociology, and other fields tasked with improving childrenâ??s lives. Books > Medicine & Public Health eBook, Springer Shop<

ISBN: 9781441967916

It’s a startling reality that more American children are victims—and perpetrators—of violence than those of any other developed country. Yet unlike the other nations, the United States ha… More...

It’s a startling reality that more American children are victims—and perpetrators—of violence than those of any other developed country. Yet unlike the other nations, the United States has yet to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Compelling, readable, and interdisciplinary, A Child’s Right to a Healthy Environment provides an abundance of skilled observation, important findings, and keen insights to place children’s well-being in the vanguard of human rights concerns, both in the United States and globally. Within this volume, authors examine the impediments to the crucial goals of justice, safety, dignity, well-being, and meaning in children’s lives, factors as varied as socioeconomic stressors, alienated, disengaged parents, and corrosive moral lessons from the media. The complex role of religious institutions in promoting and, in many cases, curtailing children’s rights is analyzed, as are international efforts by advocates and policymakers to address major threats to children’s development, including: War and natural disasters. Environmental toxins (e.g., malaria and lead poisoning). The child obesity epidemic. Gun violence. Child slavery and trafficking. Toxic elements in contemporary culture. A Child’s Right to a Healthy Environment is a powerful call to action for researchers and professionals in developmental, clinical child, school, and educational psychology as well as psychiatry, pediatrics, social work, general and special education, sociology, and other fields tasked with improving children’s lives. Books > Medicine & Public Health eBook, Springer Shop<

ISBN: 9781441967916

It’s a startling reality that more American children are victims—and perpetrators—of violence than those of any other developed country. Yet unlike the other nations, the United States ha… More...

It’s a startling reality that more American children are victims—and perpetrators—of violence than those of any other developed country. Yet unlike the other nations, the United States has yet to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Compelling, readable, and interdisciplinary, A Child’s Right to a Healthy Environment provides an abundance of skilled observation, important findings, and keen insights to place children’s well-being in the vanguard of human rights concerns, both in the United States and globally. Within this volume, authors examine the impediments to the crucial goals of justice, safety, dignity, well-being, and meaning in children’s lives, factors as varied as socioeconomic stressors, alienated, disengaged parents, and corrosive moral lessons from the media. The complex role of religious institutions in promoting and, in many cases, curtailing children’s rights is analyzed, as are international efforts by advocates and policymakers to address major threats to children’s development, including: War and natural disasters. Environmental toxins (e.g., malaria and lead poisoning). The child obesity epidemic. Gun violence. Child slavery and trafficking. Toxic elements in contemporary culture. A Child’s Right to a Healthy Environment is a powerful call to action for researchers and professionals in developmental, clinical child, school, and educational psychology as well as psychiatry, pediatrics, social work, general and special education, sociology, and other fields tasked with improving children’s lives. Media > Books, Springer New York<

ISBN: 9781441967916

Medicine & Public Health; Psychiatry; Pediatrics; Child and School Psychology; Education, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Social Work Adversity, Child Abuse, Child Maltreatment,… More...

Medicine & Public Health; Psychiatry; Pediatrics; Child and School Psychology; Education, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Social Work Adversity, Child Abuse, Child Maltreatment, Child Neglect, Child Psychopathology, Child Welfare, Childhood Trauma, Children and Trauma, Children’s Rights, Criminal Justice, Environment, Gun Violence, Healthy Environment, Human Rights of Children, human rights Books eBook, Springer Shop<

ISBN: 9781441967916

This powerfully expressed analysis examines the impediments to the goals of justice, safety, dignity, well-being and meaning in children's lives. These obstacles include factors as varied… More...

This powerfully expressed analysis examines the impediments to the goals of justice, safety, dignity, well-being and meaning in children's lives. These obstacles include factors as varied as disengaged parents and corrosive moral lessons from the media.; PDF; Reference & Languages > Social services & welfare, criminology > Social welfare & social services >, Taylor and Francis<