Family Matters: How Schools Can Cope with the Crisis in Childrearing

by Robert Evans and Robert Evans

Students everywhere are harder to reach and teach, their attention and motivation less reliable, their language and behavior more provocative. This is largely because parents, suffering a widespread loss of confidence and competence, are increasingly anxious about their children's success, yet increasingly unable to support and guide them'and increasingly assertive and adversarial vis a vis the school. Examining these trends and their underlying causes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787966568
• ISBN13: 9780787966560
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A thoughtful, provocative commentary on the modern family

In this book, Rob Evans focuses clearly on troubles in families which interfere with childrens' readiness for school and learning. The book is filled with thoughtful reflections on how families have changed, with special attention to the many ways in which parents' energies have been drawn away from home and family. The book is thoroughly researched, extremely articulate, and a very entertaining read. Evans does not shy away from provocative assertions to support his diagnosis. He is a compassionate advocate for children and their families, and while he respectfully declines from offering simple solutions to complex dilemmas, parents will find much to use here, and educators at all levels will look at their challenges in a new light.

Schools and Parenting

In Family Matters Rob Evans offers an insightful, respectful perspective of childrearing today and the resulting challenges faced by schools. Practical solutions are offered to benefit the social and emotional well being of our children and strengthen home-school partnerships. This book offers intuitive, essential information for both parents and school faculty.