{"product_id":"american-childhood-risks-and-realities-9780813521718","title":"American Childhood: Risks and Realities","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dona Schneider\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Children's Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is happening to American youth today? There is a mountain of statistics gathered about our children, but it is often hard to know what the numbers mean. Dona Schneider argues that \"sound- bite statistics\" on teenage pregnancy or child abuse can mislead us and create bad public policy. But a closer look at those same statistics can give us a window on tomorrow's public health and social problems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo show how the statistics can both disguise and highlight problems, Schneider alternates a discussion of the numbers with vivid encounters with individual children and adults: the middle-class black high school student's offhand explanation about how to get a gun; a vital statistics bureau worker's astonishment at his own classification as Hispanic; a young woman's pleasure in holding down a job after teachers dismissed her as learning disabled; and a latchkey child's nightmare of coming home from school to an empty house when she was sick. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book guides us through the morass of numbers bandied about to describe the state of America's children--what the numbers tell us and what they don't--and it offers a call for action. Comprehensive in its treatment of all groups of children and accessible in style, this book is essential for anyone concerned about children in American society.","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614861541527,"sku":"9780813521718","price":2447.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780813521718.webp?v=1775097077","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/american-childhood-risks-and-realities-9780813521718","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}