Damaged Parents: An Anatomy of Child Neglect

by Elizabeth Werthan Buttenwieser, David P. Williams, Mary Ann Chalmers, et al.

Book Overview

"Most of us are unaware of child neglect even when we are witnessing it. . . . Neglect is a matter of things undone, of inaction compounded by indifference. Since it goes on at home, it is a very private sin. . . . It is little wonder that most of the public is unaware of poor child caring. Its ignorance is even greater as to how widespread the problem is. But this is not a blissful ignorance. The public may not want to attend to child neglect, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226672220
• ISBN13: 9780226672229
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"